Which online retailer was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994?

Which online retailer was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994? Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994.

Bezos established the company on July 5, 1994, in Bellevue, Washington, after leaving a job in finance to pursue an internet business. He initially planned an online bookstore, choosing books because millions of titles could be catalogued and sold more easily online than in a physical shop.

The company was first incorporated as Cadabra, Inc., but Bezos soon changed the name to Amazon. The website opened for public sales on July 16, 1995, offering books sourced from wholesalers and publishers. The name referred to the enormous Amazon River and suggested scale.

A common mix-up is confusing Amazon's founding date with its launch date: the business began in 1994, while its retail website opened in 1995. Amazon later expanded far beyond books into marketplaces, cloud computing, streaming, devices, and advertising.