Amazon is a public company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company was founded in 1994 with the purpose of selling books online. From there, the company grew to become the largest e-commerce store and the large Internet-based company in the world. Over the years, Amazon has expanded their inventory to include all types of media, including DVDs, CDs and downloadable content like MP3s and e-books. The online store also carries apparel, appliances, electronics, health, beauty, fitness, home, lawn, garden and specialty products of all kinds. All in all, the store has more than 232 million products available for purchase directly from Amazon or from one of their selling partners.