List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American conglomerate headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble. The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to grow quickly, making its first three acquisitions on April 27, 1998, less than a year after the company had gone public.
After the dot-com bubble burst on March 11, 2000, several companies that Amazon had invested in went bankrupt, with Amazon's stock price itself sinking to record lows. Despite Amazon's survival, the company made very few investments for the next several years, only acquiring two companies between 2000 and 2004. The company returned to making multiple acquisitions per year in 2005, focusing on acquiring digital retailers and media websites. Starting in 2011, Amazon began shifting its focus to buying technology startups to develop and improve Amazon Echo and grow its Amazon Web Services division.
Amazon has diversified its acquisition portfolio into several market sectors, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of the grocery store chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion on June 16, 2017.

Acquisitions

Number

Company

Country

Acquired on

Acquired for

Used as or integrated with

References

1

Bookpages

55,000,000

Amazon UK

2

Telebook

55,000,000
stock payment

Amazon Germany

3

55,000,000

4

Junglee

250,000,000

5

280,000,000

6

LiveBid.com

300,000,000

7

Accept.com

101,700,000

8

250,000,000

9

e-Niche Incorporated

—

10

Convergence Corporation

23,000,000

11

Tool Crib of the North

—

12

Back to Basics Toys

—

13

Leep Technology Inc.

—

14

MindCorps Incorporated

—

15

Egghead Software

6,100,000

16

OurHouse.com

—

17

Joyo.com

75,000,000

18

BookSurge

—

19

—

20

CustomFlix

—

21

smallparts.com

—

Amazon Business

22

—

23

TextPayMe

3,000,000

Amazon Payments

24

Digital Photography Review

—

Digital Photography Review

25

Brilliance Audio

—

Brilliance Audio

26

—

27

300,000,000

28

Fabric.com

—

Fabric.com

29

—

30

—

31

Reflexive Entertainment

—

Reflexive Entertainment

32

Box Office Mojo

—

Box Office Mojo

33

—

34

SnapTell

—

35

1,200,000,000

36

Touchco

—

37

110,000,000

38

—

Songza

39

BuyVIP

100,000,000

BuyVIP

40

545,000,000

Amazon Prime Now - Amazon Fresh

41

Toby Press

—

42

312,000,000

Amazon Prime Video

43

The Book Depository

—

Book Depository

44

—

45

—

46

Double Helix Games

—

Double Helix Games

47

—

48

Kiva Systems

775,000,000

Amazon Robotics

49

26,000,000

50

—

Amazon Publishing

51

UpNext

—

UpNext

52

IVONA Software

—

Amazon Echo, Amazon Polly

53

—

54

—

55

TenMarks Education, Inc.

—

TenMarks Education, Inc.

56

—

57

Amiato

—

Amazon Web Services

58

Twitch Interactive

970,000,000

Twitch Interactive

59

Rooftop Media

—

60

GoodGame

—

Twitch Interactive

61

350,000,000

62

2lemetry

—

Amazon Web Services

63

—

64

ClusterK

35,000,000

Amazon Web Services

65

AppThwack

—

Amazon Web Services

66

Elemental Technologies

500,000,000

67

Safaba Translation Systems

—

Amazon Web Services

68

Biba Systems

—

69

Orbeus

—

Amazon Web Services

70

Colis Privé

—

71

NICE

—

Amazon Web Services

72

Emvantage Payments

—

Amazon Web Services

73

—

Amazon Web Services

74

—

75

Westland

—

Westland

76

Partpic

—

77

harvest.ai

20,000,000

Amazon Web Services

78

Thinkbox Software

—

Amazon Web Services

79

Do.com

—

Amazon Web Services

80

Whole Foods Market

13,700,000,000

Whole Foods Market

81

580,000,000

82

50,000,000

83

GameSparks

10,000,000

GameSparks

84

Wing.ae

0. subsidiary of souq.com

85

60,000,000

86

Goo Technologies

—

Amazon Sumerian

87

Dispatch

—

88

90,000,000

89

40,000,000

Amazon Web Services

90

839,000,000

91

753,000,000

Amazon Pharmacy

92

Tapzo

40,000,000

93

250,000,000

Amazon Web Services

94

TSO Logic

—

TSOLogic

95

Eero

97,000,000

Eero

96

Canvas Technology

—

Amazon Robotics

97

Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization

—

98

25,000,000

Twitch Interactive

99

E8 Storage

—

Amazon Web Services

100

IGDB

—

Twitch Interactive

101

INLT

—

102

1,200,000,000

103

300,000,000

104

—

Amazon Robotics

106

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

8,450,000,000

Amazon MGM Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

107

Art19

—

108

—

Amazon Web Services

109

Veeqo

—

110

Strio.AI

—

111

GlowRoad

—

112

3,900,000,000

113

Cloostermans

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Stakes

Date	Company	Business	Country	% stake	Value	Refs
	GeoWorks	Technology		7%	$5,000,000
	Drugstore.com	E-commerce		40%poes	—
	Homegrocer.com	Grocery delivery		35%	$42,500,000
	Gear.com	Retail		49%	—
	Ashford.com	Retail		16.6%	$10,000,000
	Della.com	Gift registry		20%	—
	Kozmo.com	Delivery		21.7%	—
	Naxon Corporation			61%	—
	Pets.com	Retail		54%	—
	Greg Manning Auctions, Inc.	Auctioneering		—	$5,000,000
	Eziba.com	Retail		20%	$17,500,000
	Basis Technology	Technology		11%	—
	Greenlight.com	Car retailer		5%	—
	Altura International			20%	$5,000,000
	Daksh.com			11%	—
	Amie Street	Music streaming		—	—
March 8, 2016/March 8, 2021	Air Transport Services Group	Cargo airline		19.999%	$131,000,000
	Greenlight Financial Technology Inc	Financial services		—	—
	Embodied	Robotics		—	—
	More	Supermarket chain		49%	$280,000,000
	SevenRooms	Software		—	—
	Rivian	Autonomous driving		18%	—
	YES Network	Sports television network		15%	—
	Anthropic	Artificial intelligence		—	$1,250,000,000
	Spotter	Digital creator economy		—	—

Divestitures

Date	Acquirer	Target company	Target business	Acquirer country/nationality	Value	Refs
	Scholastic	Back to Basics Toys	Toy retail		$4,750,000
	Wikia, Inc.	Curse LLC	Gaming websites		—