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Outline

Our Strategy
Biggest Selection Build a place where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online Endeavor to offer customers the lowest possible price We strive to be earths most Customer-Centric Company Start with the customer and work backwards.

Our Virtuous Cycle

Source Virtuous Cycle: Jeff Bezos, September, 2001

Amazon Customer Segments

Over 98MM Active Customer Accounts, up 17% Y/Y


(as of Q209)

Over 540,000 Active AWS Customers

(as of Q109)

Over 1.8MM Active Sellers, up 24% Y/Y


(as of Q309)

Different Areas of Our Business


Technology
Amazon Web Services Amazon Enterprise Solutions eCommerce Platform Media Softlines / Hardlines Consumables Digital

Retail

Operations
World-Class Fulfillment & Customer Services Centers Order Processing & Fulfillment Services

Corporate
Business Development Finance Human Resources Legal

Tech in Focus

Operations

Merchants

Platform Technologies

Retail

Transaction Systems

Applications

Corporate Offices and Development Centers

Customer Service and Fulfillment Centers

Amazon Worldwide

More than 20,700 Amazonians Worldwide

Global Selection
US Physical Media Electronics Toys Baby Tools & Hardware Home & Garden Apparel & Accessories Sports & Outdoors '95 '99 '99 '99 '99 '00 '02 '03 UK '98 '01 '01 '07 '04 '04 '08 '07 Germany France '98 '01 '04 '07 '04 '04 '08 '06 '07 '03 '07 '05 '06 '09 '00 '05 '07 '07 Japan '00 '03 '04 '07 China '04 '04 '04 '06 Canada '02 '08

Jewelry & Watches


Health & Personal Care Beauty Shoes Dry Goods Auto Parts & Accessories Digital Media

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Office Supplies
Fabric Motorcycle & ATV Parts

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What weve done just this past year


Number of Books available on AmazonKindle reaches 360,000
(as of Q309)

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

Amazon CloudFront

TextBuyIt

Our Culture
Non-traditional, no dress code Flat organizational structure with flexibility to move around the company A company of builders: innovating on behalf of the customer Expect to own and drive projects from day one Pioneering size & scale never before seen Author and music fishbowls

Hack Day coding competition

Dodgeball @ Amazon Corporate Headquarters

Up The River Developers Conference

What you might not know about Seattle

Amazon is a part of a thriving Pacific Northwest high tech community. Washington State has the highest per capita share of technology dependent jobs in the US. Seattle's houseboat population is the countrys largest at almost 500. Hiking, boating, skiing, whale watching mountain climbing all available within 45 minutes of any of Amazons downtown offices. Thriving arts scene with tons of live music, Broadway shows and even ballet!

2009 City of the Year by Fast Company Magazine


Editors cited Seattles smarts, foresight, social consciousness, and creative ferment

Seattle is the No. 1 city for environmental stewardship and sustainability. Most Educated City in the US
Highest % of college grads (National Census Bureau)

(National Resources Defense Council, 2009)

North Americas #2 High Tech Center


(Milken Institute) (Forbes, 2009)

4th Best City for Singles

Places you can get to know Amazon


Check out our YouTube channel! username: InsideAmazon Our recruiting site designed for students: The Amazon Faceboo /college

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