Amazon Hits $1,000,000,000,000 in Value, Following Apple by Enery Lineth Gastelum Olguín https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8 Valeria Barajas/Marco Villaseñor/Lineth Gastelum en-us 2018-08-21 16:39:46 UTC 2026-03-23 07:47:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Amazon’s founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, is richer, by far, than anyone in the modern world. a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614082 2018-09-13 00:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614082 a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614317 2018-09-13 00:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614317 When Apple’s market value crossed a trillion dollars last month, the reason was simple: It makes devices that a lot of people are willing to spend a lot of money on. a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614465 2018-09-13 00:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614465 Now Amazon has become the second American company to cross that once-unimaginable line. Its shares rose as high as $2,050.50 on Tuesday morning, pushing it over $1 trillion in value a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614768 2018-09-13 00:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614768 Amazon captures 49 cents of every e-commerce dollar in the United States. a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614826 2018-09-13 00:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614826 It employs more than 550,000 people and generates $178 billion in annual revenue. a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614905 2018-09-13 00:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280614905 In the beginning, Amazon was an exciting new way to shop for books: online a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280615119 2018-09-13 00:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280615119 a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280615571 2018-09-13 00:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280615571 a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280616252 It sells everything from computing space to peanut butter to appointments with plumbers.]]> 2018-09-13 00:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280616252 Notice Link a01702146 https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280617593 2018-09-13 00:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/a01702146/7kqxaadka0v8/wish/280617593