Amazon employs more than 550,000 people and generates $178 billion in annual revenue.
New York, US, Sep 5 – Amazon’s market value passed the $1 trillion on Tuesday, joining Apple in the exclusive trillion dollar club.
The online retailer shares rose as high as $2,050.50 on Tuesday morning, pushing it over $1 trillion in value, before immediately falling back and then ending the day at $2,039.51, below the $1 trillion thresholds.
Amazon captures 49 cents of every e-commerce dollar in the United States. It employs more than 550,000 people and generates $178 billion in annual revenue.
It sells everything from computing space to peanut butter to appointments with plumbers.
At the beginning of 2018, the company was worth just $580 billion. In the second quarter, the company’s net income ballooned to $2.5 billion, compared to $197 million in second quarter of 2017.
