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Amazon

American e-commerce and cloud-computing company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994.

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Dates
1994 –
Also known as
Amazon.com, Amazon.com, Inc.
Over time
  1. Active 1994 –
  2. chaired by Jeff Bezos 1994 –
  3. CEO Jeff Bezos May 1996 – Jul 2021
Who holds Amazon

Index-fund managers hold these shares for the people invested in their funds, who get their gains and losses. The managers vote them, in part or in full.

Each line is from its own filing and date, so they do not add up. Some filings report a number of shares and no percent.

Amazon.com, Inc. was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and is based in Seattle. Bezos was its chief executive until July 2021 and is now executive chair.

Its first outside investors were Bezos’s parents, Mike Bezos and Jackie Bezos, who bought shares worth about $245,573 in 1995. Kleiner Perkins followed in 1996, and its partner John Doerr joined the board.

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CEO

chaired by

board members

  • John Doerr Jun 1996 Primary record 6

    Director from June 1996.

investors

  • Mike Bezos Feb 1995 $100,020 Primary record 67

    582,528 shares at $0.1717 each, about $100,020. With the Gise Family Trust's purchase in July 1995, Jeff Bezos's parents put in about $245,573.

  • Jackie Bezos Jul 1995 through the Gise Family Trust, $145,553 Primary record 6

    847,716 shares at $0.1717 each, about $145,553.

  • Kleiner Perkins Jun 1996 Series A preferred stock, $8M Primary record 6

    569,396 Series A preferred shares at $14.05, about $8.0 million, through two Kleiner Perkins funds.

shares held for clients by

  • The Vanguard Group until 12 Jan 2026 7.2%, 771,052,550 shares, as of 24 Feb 2026 Held for clients Primary record 18

    Percentage from Amazon's proxy table; the share count is as of December 31, 2023. Amazon notes that Vanguard later reported a realignment that removed some subsidiaries' holdings from its beneficial ownership. On 26 March 2026 The Vanguard Group reported 0 Amazon shares (Schedule 13G/A No. 8) after an internal realignment on 12 January 2026. Vanguard Capital Management now reports the funds' holding: 6.77% as of 31 March 2026.

  • BlackRock 5.9%, 630,188,686 shares, as of 24 Feb 2026 Held for clients Primary record 1

    Percentage from Amazon's proxy table; the share count is as of December 31, 2023, per BlackRock's Schedule 13G.

  • State Street Corporation 397,186,958 shares, as of 30 Jun 2026 Held for clients Primary record 34

    Counts the shares reported for State Street Corporation and the units named in its 13F report. It reports sole voting authority over 50,180,477 of them, and no percent.

  • Vanguard Capital Management 6.77%, 727,679,638 shares, as of 31 Mar 2026 Held for clients Primary record 2

    Counts Amazon shares held by Vanguard funds that VCM manages, plus some affiliates' client accounts. VCM reported sole voting power over 96,503,433 of them. Filed on 29 April 2026, after Amazon's 2026 proxy statement, which still lists The Vanguard Group at 7.2% from a 2024 filing.

stakeholders

  • Jeff Bezos 8.8%, 950,434,581 shares, as of 24 Feb 2026 Primary record 1

funded

  • OpenAI Dec 2015 donor, through Amazon Web Services (AWS) Primary record 9

headquartered in

Timeline 10 dates
  1. 1994 – Amazon
  2. 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon
  3. 1994 – Jeff Bezos chair of Amazon
  4. Feb 1995 Mike Bezos invested in Amazon
  5. Jul 1995 Jackie Bezos invested in Amazon
  6. May 1996 – Jul 2021 Jeff Bezos CEO of Amazon
  7. Jun 1996 John Doerr board member of Amazon
  8. Jun 1996 Kleiner Perkins invested in Amazon
  9. Dec 2015 Amazon funded OpenAI
  10. until 12 Jan 2026 The Vanguard Group holds shares for clients in Amazon
Proof 9 sources
  1. Amazon.com, Inc. 2026 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Amazon, 9 Apr 2026. Primary record
    As of February 24, 2026, we had 10,751,236,247 shares of common stock outstanding.
    Based on information provided in a Schedule 13G filed February 12, 2024.
    Mr. Bezos has been Chair of the Board since founding the Company in 1994.
    Based on information provided in a Schedule 13G filed February 13, 2024.
  2. Schedule 13G of Vanguard Capital Management regarding Amazon.com, Inc., Vanguard Capital Management, 29 Apr 2026. Primary record
    Amount beneficially owned: 727679638 (b) Percent of class: 6.77 %
  3. Form 13F-HR/A (Amendment No. 1, restatement) of State Street Corporation for the quarter ended June 30, 2026: information table, State Street Corporation, 22 Sep 2026. Primary record
    397186958
  4. State Street Corporation annual report for 2025 (Form 10-K), State Street Corporation, 19 Feb 2026. Primary record
    State Street Bank operates as a specialized bank, referred to as a trust or custody bank, that services and manages assets on behalf of its institutional clients.
  5. Amazon.com, Inc. annual report (Form 10-K) for 2025, Amazon, 6 Feb 2026. Primary record
    Mr. Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and has served as Executive Chair since July 2021.
    He has served as Chair of the Board since 1994 and served as Chief Executive Officer from May 1996 until July 2021
  6. Amazon.com, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1/A), 14 May 1997, Amazon, 14 May 1997. Primary record
    Mr. Doerr has been a director of the Company since June 1996.
    In February 1995, the Company sold 582,528 shares of Common Stock to Miguel A. Bezos at a price per share of $0.1717.
    In July 1995, the Company sold 847,716 shares of Common Stock to the Gise Family Trust at a price per share of $0.1717. Jacklyn Gise Bezos is the trustee and beneficiary of the Gise Family Trust.
    555,161 and 14,235 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at $14.05 per share to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers VIII and KPCB Information Sciences Zaibatsu Fund II, respectively
  7. Jeff Bezos: profile and interview, American Academy of Achievement. Scholarship & press
    The first initial start-up capital for Amazon.com came primarily from my parents, and they invested a large fraction of their life savings in what became Amazon.com.
  8. Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 8) of The Vanguard Group regarding Amazon.com Inc, The Vanguard Group, 26 Mar 2026. Primary record
    On January 12, 2026, The Vanguard Group, Inc. went through an internal realignment.
  9. Introducing OpenAI, OpenAI, 11 Dec 2015. Primary record
    Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating to support OpenAI. In total, these funders have committed $1 billion, although we expect to only spend a tiny fraction of this in the next few years.
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