Amazon's global ranking is second.
Fortune magazine has released its latest Fortune 500 list for 2022. The list shows that Walmart is No. 1, Amazon is No. 2, and that four Chinese companies made the top 10 list.
Amazon is an American online e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.
In August 2004, Amazon wholly acquired Joyo.com. On July 18, 2019, Amazon stopped providing seller services for third-party sellers on Amazon.com China.In July 2021, Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as CEO of Amazon and was succeeded by Andy Jassy.?
In May 2022, U.S. media reported that Amazon.com planned to send more than 3,000 satellites into near-Earth orbit to provide satellite Internet services. The project was dubbed Project Kuiper.
Amazon.com includes subsidiaries such as AlexaInternet, a9, lab126 and the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Amazon began as an online bookstore and later diversified its merchandise to offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items of all kinds.