Amazon’s Extraordinary Evolution <– CNN Article link
Amazon.com Inc. – 2018 Facts & Figures
2018 E-Commerce Mkt % of $252B
- Amazon
- ebay
- Apple
- Walmart
- Home Depot
- Best Buy
- QVC
- Macy's
- Costco
- Wayfair
- Amazon
- ebay
- Apple
- Walmart
- Home Depot
- Best Buy
- QVC
- Macy's
- Costco
- Wayfair
Amazon Seller - Revenue Brackets
- < $100K
- $100K - $1M
- $1M - $10M
- > $10M
- < $100K
- $100K - $1M
- $1M - $10M
- > $10M
Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Timeline
2003
• Chris Pinkham & Benjamin Black present White Paper on what Amazon’s Internal Infrastructure should look like
• They Suggest Selling it as a Service and prepared a Business Case
2004
• SQS Official Launch
2006
• Official Launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Completely Self-serve, only 3 Salespeople
2007
• 180,000 Developers on the Platform
• Began Builder the AWS Outward Facing “Field” Team
• Salespeople
• Account Managers
• Professional Services
• Solutions Architects
• Technical Account Management Support
2010
• All of Amazon.com Moved Over to AWS
2012
• 1st re:Invent Conference – 5,000 Attendees
2013
• AWS Certifications Launched
2014
• Commited to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Usage for its Global Footprint
2015
• AWS Breaks Out It’s Revenue: $6B/annually and 90% Y/Y Growth Rate
2016
• AWS Run Rate of $13B
2017
• AWS Run Rate of $27B
• re:Invent releases a host of AI Services
2018
• re:Invent Conference – 44,000 Attendees
• AWS Launches ML Specialty Certifications
• Heavy Focus on Automating AI & ML
• AWS delivered most of Amazon’s operating income
AWS Total New Features & Services Added per Year
2011 = 82
2012 = 159
2013 = 280
2014 = 516
2015 = 735
2016 = 1000
2017 = 1400