Amazon's 30th anniversary - in pictures

  • Amazon's first gateway page. Photo: Amazon
    Amazon's first gateway page. Photo: Amazon
  • Amazon's first office building. Photo: Amazon
    Amazon's first office building. Photo: Amazon
  • Jeff Bezos delivers an Amazon order to the company's one millionth customer in Tokyo, Japan, in October 1997. Photo: Amazon
    Jeff Bezos delivers an Amazon order to the company's one millionth customer in Tokyo, Japan, in October 1997. Photo: Amazon
  • The Amazon Kindle on its launch in November 2007. Reuters
    The Amazon Kindle on its launch in November 2007. Reuters
  • Chief executive Jeff Bezos unveils the Amazon Fire tablet in New York in September 2011. EPA
    Chief executive Jeff Bezos unveils the Amazon Fire tablet in New York in September 2011. EPA
  • Workers prepare goods for Cyber Monday at Amazon's distribution centre in Phoenix, Arizona, in November 2013. Reuters
    Workers prepare goods for Cyber Monday at Amazon's distribution centre in Phoenix, Arizona, in November 2013. Reuters
  • Jeff Bezos demonstrates Amazon's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in Seattle in June 2014. Getty Images
    Jeff Bezos demonstrates Amazon's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in Seattle in June 2014. Getty Images
  • The Amazon logo on one of the e-commerce company's logistics centres in Miami, Florida. The world's largest online marketplace was started by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, US, on July 5, 1994. EPA
    The Amazon logo on one of the e-commerce company's logistics centres in Miami, Florida. The world's largest online marketplace was started by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, US, on July 5, 1994. EPA
  • Corporate office buildings rise above The Spheres at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle. Getty Images
    Corporate office buildings rise above The Spheres at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle. Getty Images
  • Amazon Prime Video vice president Kelly Day, Amazon Prime Video's India chief Gaurav Gandhi, and the chief executive of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, attend a launch event in Mumbai in April 2022. Reuters
    Amazon Prime Video vice president Kelly Day, Amazon Prime Video's India chief Gaurav Gandhi, and the chief executive of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, attend a launch event in Mumbai in April 2022. Reuters
  • Lorries parked outside an Amazon fulfilment centre in Baltimore, Maryland, US, in 2021. EPA
    Lorries parked outside an Amazon fulfilment centre in Baltimore, Maryland, US, in 2021. EPA
  • An Amazon delivery locker in New York in 2018. Reuters
    An Amazon delivery locker in New York in 2018. Reuters
  • The Amazon Dot on display at the Amazon Books store at Columbus Circle in New York in May 2017. Reuters
    The Amazon Dot on display at the Amazon Books store at Columbus Circle in New York in May 2017. Reuters
  • The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet at a launch event in San Francisco, in September 2015. Reuters
    The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet at a launch event in San Francisco, in September 2015. Reuters
  • Groceries being delivered by Amazon Fresh in Brooklyn, New York, in November 2014. Reuters
    Groceries being delivered by Amazon Fresh in Brooklyn, New York, in November 2014. Reuters
  • A Whole Foods store in New York in 2017, when Amazon bought the company. Reuters
    A Whole Foods store in New York in 2017, when Amazon bought the company. Reuters
  • An employee works at the hi-tech Amazon logistics and distribution centre in Moenchengladbach, Germany, in December 2019. EPA
    An employee works at the hi-tech Amazon logistics and distribution centre in Moenchengladbach, Germany, in December 2019. EPA
  • A worker pushes a trolley as she collects orders ahead of Cyber Monday, at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Peterborough, central England, in November 2013. Reuters
    A worker pushes a trolley as she collects orders ahead of Cyber Monday, at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Peterborough, central England, in November 2013. Reuters