Amazon operates Amazon.com and owns Twitch.
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and the company began as an online bookstore. Amazon.com opened to customers in July 1995, initially selling books because a web catalog could offer far more titles than a typical physical store.
Amazon expanded into electronics, household goods, digital media, groceries, and many other categories. Its marketplace also lets independent sellers offer products, while Amazon Web Services provides cloud-computing infrastructure to organizations around the world.
Amazon acquired Twitch, a livestreaming platform especially associated with video games, in 2014 for approximately $970 million in cash. A common mix-up is assuming Twitch is an Amazon retail brand; Twitch operates as a separate service focused on live video, communities, and creators.