27 Amazon
For writing new plot twists for e-readers and beyond
WHEN FOUNDED
1994HEADQUARTERS
Seattle, WashingtonCEO
Jeff BezosTOTAL REVENUES FOR MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR
$34.20 billion (net sales)WEB
AmazonBLOG
Amazon DailyThe iPad, skeptics said, would kill the Kindle. But Amazon dropped the Kindle's price to $139, triggering sales of some 8 million devices. CEO Jeff Bezos also introduced an Android Kindle app, further driving revenue from e-books and newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Meanwhile, just as it bought Zappos to bigfoot its way into shoes, the world's largest e-tailer purchased Diapers.com to rule that playground. Morgan Stanley predicts Amazon's revenue will hit $100 billion in 2015, a journey that promises to be a page-turner.
E-Readers
