# 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 (USD) | Used as or integrated with |
| 1 | Bookpages | United Kingdom | April 27, 1998 | 55,000,000 | Amazon UK |
| 2 | Telebook | Germany | April 27, 1998 | 55,000,000 stock payment | Amazon Germany |
| 3 | IMDb | United Kingdom | April 27, 1998 | 55,000,000 | IMDb |
| 4 | Junglee | United States | August 4, 1998 | 250,000,000 | |
| 5 | PlanetAll | United States | August 4, 1998 | 280,000,000 | |
| 6 | LiveBid.com | United States | April 12, 1999 | 300,000,000 | |
| 7 | Accept.com | United States | April 27, 1999 | 101,700,000 | |
| 8 | Alexa Internet | United States | April 27, 1999 | 250,000,000 | Alexa Internet |
| 9 | e-Niche Incorporated | United States | April 27, 1999 | — | |
| 10 | Convergence Corporation | United States | October 4, 1999 | 23,000,000 | |
| 11 | Tool Crib of the North (Online and Catalog Sales Division) | United States | November 9, 1999 | — | |
| 12 | Back to Basics Toys | United States | November 30, 1999 | — | |
| 13 | Leep Technology Inc. | United States | December 31, 1999 | — | |
| 14 | MindCorps Incorporated | United States | 1999 | — | |
| 15 | Egghead Software | United States | December 5, 2001 | 6,100,000 | |
| 16 | OurHouse.com | United States | December 2001 | — | |
| 17 | Joyo.com | China | August 19, 2004 | 75,000,000 | Amazon China |
| 18 | BookSurge | United States | April 4, 2005 | — | CreateSpace |
| 19 | Mobipocket | France | April 21, 2005 | — | Mobipocket |
| 20 | CustomFlix | United States | July 6, 2005 | — | CreateSpace |
| 21 | smallparts.com | United States | 2005 | — | Amazon Business |
| 22 | Shopbop | United States | February 27, 2006 | — | Shopbop |
| 23 | TextPayMe | United States | October 1, 2006 | 3,000,000 | Amazon Payments |
| 24 | Digital Photography Review | United Kingdom | May 14, 2007 | — | Digital Photography Review |
| 25 | Brilliance Audio | United States | May 23, 2007 | — | Brilliance Audio |
| 26 | Withoutabox | United States | January 16, 2008 | — | |
| 27 | Audible | United States | January 28, 2008 | 300,000,000 | Audible |
| 28 | Fabric.com | United States | June 25, 2008 | — | Fabric.com |
| 29 | AbeBooks | Canada | August 1, 2008 | — | AbeBooks |
| 30 | Shelfari | United States | August 26, 2008 | — | Goodreads |
| 31 | Reflexive Entertainment | United States | October 21, 2008 | — | Reflexive Entertainment |
| 32 | Box Office Mojo | United States | December 17, 2008 | — | Box Office Mojo |
| 33 | Lexcycle | United States | April 27, 2009 | — | Amazon Kindle |
| 34 | SnapTell | United States | June 18, 2009 | — | |
| 35 | Zappos | United States | November 2, 2009 | 1,200,000,000 | Zappos |
| 36 | Touchco | United States | February 3, 2010 | — | Amazon Kindle |
| 37 | Woot | United States | July 2, 2010 | 110,000,000 | Woot |
| 38 | Amie Street | United States | September 8, 2010 | — | Songza |
| 39 | BuyVIP | Spain | October 4, 2010 | 100,000,000 | BuyVIP |
| 40 | Quidsi | United States | November 8, 2010 | 545,000,000 | Amazon Prime Now - Amazon Fresh |
| 41 | Toby Press | United States | November 18, 2010 | — | |
| 42 | LoveFilm | United Kingdom | January 20, 2011 | 312,000,000 | Amazon Prime Video |
| 43 | The Book Depository | United Kingdom | July 4, 2011 | — | Book Depository |
| 44 | Pushbutton | United Kingdom | July 28, 2011 | — | |
| 45 | Yap | United States | September 2011 | — | Amazon Echo |
| 46 | Double Helix Games | United States | September 5, 2011 | — | Double Helix Games |
| 47 | Teachstreet | United States | February 2, 2012 | — | |
| 48 | Kiva Systems | United States | March 19, 2012 | 775,000,000 | Amazon Robotics |
| 49 | Evi | United Kingdom | April 17, 2012 | 26,000,000 | Amazon Echo |
| 50 | Avalon Books | United States | April 17, 2012 | — | Amazon Publishing |
| 51 | UpNext | United States | July 2, 2012 | — | UpNext |
| 52 | IVONA Software | Poland | January 24, 2013 | — | Amazon Echo, Amazon Polly |
| 53 | Goodreads | United States | March 28, 2013 | — | Goodreads |
| 54 | Liquavista | Netherlands | May 13, 2013 | — | Amazon Kindle |
| 55 | TenMarks Education, Inc. | United States | October 10, 2013 | — | TenMarks Education, Inc. |
| 56 | ComiXology | United States | April 10, 2014 | — | ComiXology |
| 57 | Amiato | United States | May 2014 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 58 | Twitch Interactive | United States | August 25, 2014 | 970,000,000 | Twitch Interactive |
| 59 | Rooftop Media | United States | August 25, 2014 | — | Audible |
| 60 | GoodGame | United States | December 9, 2014 | — | Twitch Interactive |
| 61 | Annapurna Labs | Israel | January 22, 2015 | 350,000,000 | Annapurna Labs |
| 62 | 2lemetry | United States | March 12, 2015 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 63 | Shoefitr | United States | April 10, 2015 | — | |
| 64 | ClusterK | United States | April 29, 2015 | 35,000,000 | Amazon Web Services |
| 65 | AppThwack | United States | July 14, 2015 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 66 | Elemental Technologies | United States | September 3, 2015 | 500,000,000 | AWS Elemental |
| 67 | Safaba Translation Systems | United States | September 25, 2015 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 68 | Biba Systems | United States | September 2015 | — | Amazon Chime |
| 69 | Orbeus | United States | December 1, 2015 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 70 | Colis Privé | France | January 11, 2016 | — | |
| 71 | NICE | Italy | February 12, 2016 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 72 | Emvantage Payments | India | February 16, 2016 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 73 | Cloud9 IDE | United States | July 14, 2016 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 74 | Curse, Inc. | United States | August 16, 2016 | — | Curse LLC |
| 75 | Westland | India | October 28, 2016 | — | Westland |
| 76 | Partpic | United States | November 2, 2016 | — | |
| 77 | harvest.ai | United States | January 9, 2017 | 20,000,000 | Amazon Web Services |
| 78 | Thinkbox Software | United States | March 6, 2017 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 79 | Do.com | United States | March 8, 2017 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 80 | Whole Foods Market | United States | June 16, 2017 | 13,700,000,000 | Whole Foods Market |
| 81 | Souq.com | United Arab Emirates | July 3, 2017 | 580,000,000 | Souq.com |
| 82 | Graphiq | United States | July 20, 2017 | 50,000,000 | Amazon Echo |
| 83 | GameSparks | United Kingdom | July 28, 2017 | 10,000,000 | GameSparks |
| 84 | Wing.ae | United Arab Emirates | September 6, 2017 | 0. subsidiary of souq.com | Souq.com |
| 85 | Body Labs | United States | October 3, 2017 | 60,000,000 | Body Labs |
| 86 | Goo Technologies | United States | November 28, 2017 | — | Amazon Sumerian |
| 87 | Dispatch | United States | November 2017 | — | Amazon Scout |
| 88 | Blink Home | United States | December 2017 | 90,000,000 | Blink Home |
| 89 | Sqrrl | United States | January 23, 2018 | 40,000,000 | Amazon Web Services |
| 90 | Ring | United States | February 27, 2018 | 839,000,000 | Ring |
| 91 | PillPack | United States | June 28, 2018 | 753,000,000 | Amazon Pharmacy |
| 92 | Tapzo | India | August 28, 2018 | 40,000,000 | Amazon Pay |
| 93 | CloudEndure | Israel | January 10, 2019 | 250,000,000 | Amazon Web Services |
| 94 | TSO Logic | Canada | January 14, 2019 | — | TSOLogic |
| 95 | Eero | United States | February 11, 2019 | 97,000,000 | Eero |
| 96 | Canvas Technology | United States | April 10, 2019 | — | Amazon Robotics |
| 97 | Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization | United States | May 31, 2019 | — | |
| 98 | Bebo | United States | June 18, 2019 | 25,000,000 | Twitch Interactive |
| 99 | E8 Storage | Israel | July 31, 2019 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 100 | IGDB | Sweden | September 17, 2019 | — | Twitch Interactive |
| 101 | INLT | United States | September 24, 2019 | — | |
| 102 | Zoox | United States | June 26, 2020 | 1,200,000,000 | |
| 103 | Wondery | United States | December 30, 2020 | 300,000,000 | Amazon Music |
| 104 | Umbra 3D | Finland | January 22, 2021 | — | Amazon Robotics |
| 106 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | United States | May 26, 2021 | 8,450,000,000 | Amazon MGM Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 107 | Art19 | United States | June 24, 2021 | — | Amazon Music |
| 108 | Wickr | United States | June 25, 2021 | — | Amazon Web Services |
| 109 | Veeqo | United Kingdom | November 1, 2021 | — | |
| 110 | Strio.AI | United States | March 7, 2022 | — | Zoox |
| 111 | GlowRoad | India | April 21, 2022 | — | |
| 112 | One Medical | United States | July 21, 2022 | 3,900,000,000 | |
| 113 | Cloostermans | Belgium | September 9, 2022 | | |
| 114 | Spirit.ai | United Kingdom | November 22, 2022 | — | Twitch Interactive |
| 115 | Fig | United States | August 28, 2023 | — | AWS |
| 116 | MX Player | India | October 7, 2024 | | Amazon Prime Video |

## Stakes

| Date | Company | Business | Country | % stake | Value (USD) |
| February 18, 1999 | GeoWorks | Technology | United States | 7% | $5,000,000 |
| February 24, 1999 | Drugstore.com | E-commerce | United States | 40%poes | — |
| May 19, 1999 | Homegrocer.com | Grocery delivery | United States | 35% | $42,500,000 |
| July 15, 1999 | Gear.com | Retail | United States | 49% | — |
| December 1, 1999 | Ashford.com | Retail | United States | 16.6% | $10,000,000 |
| 1999 | Della.com | Gift registry | United States | 20% | — |
| 1999 | Kozmo.com | Delivery | United States | 21.7% | — |
| 1999 | Naxon Corporation | | United States | 61% | — |
| March 29, 1999 | Pets.com | Retail | United States | 54% | — |
| February 3, 2000 | Greg Manning Auctions, Inc. | Auctioneering | United States | — | $5,000,000 |
| March 28, 2000 | Eziba.com | Retail | United States | 20% | $17,500,000 |
| 2000 | Basis Technology | Technology | United States | 11% | — |
| 2000 | Greenlight.com | Car retailer | United States | 5% | — |
| 2001 | Altura International | | United States | 20% | $5,000,000 |
| 2001 | Daksh.com | | United States | 11% | — |
| August 7, 2007 | Amie Street | Music streaming | United States | — | — |
| March 8, 2016/March 8, 2021 | Air Transport Services Group | Cargo airline | USA | 19.999% | $131,000,000 |
| February 22, 2018 | Greenlight Financial Technology Inc | Financial services | United States | — | — |
| May 3, 2018 | Embodied | Robotics | United States | — | — |
| September 20, 2018 | More | Supermarket chain | India | 49% | $280,000,000 |
| October 17, 2018 | SevenRooms | Software | United States | — | — |
| February 15, 2019 | Rivian | Autonomous driving | United States | 18% | — |
| 2019 | YES Network | Sports television network | United States | 15% | — |
| September 25, 2023 | Anthropic | Artificial intelligence | United States | — | $1,250,000,000 |

## Divestitures

| Date | Acquirer | Target company | Target business | Acquirer country/nationality | Value (USD) | Refs |
| September 24, 2003 | Scholastic | Back to Basics Toys | Toy retail | United States | $4,750,000 | |
| December 13, 2018 | Wikia, Inc. | Curse LLC | Gaming websites | United States | — | |