Everything Owned by Amazon
There are many Amazon subsidiaries, including:
- MGM Holdings (including MGM Studios)
- Whole Foods
- Zappos
- Ring
- Shopbop
- Twitch
- IMDb
- Goodreads
- Woot
- AbeBooks
- PillPack
- Goodthreads
One of the most recent Amazon subsidiaries is MGM Holdings, which is the parent company of the famed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Amazon acquired MGM in 2021 for $8.45 billion. MGM was founded in 1924, and some of its most famous productions include the James Bond and Rocky franchises as well as influential classics like The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. It’s considered to be one of the most famous film production companies in the world.
Amazon also acquired popular supermarket chain Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion. The chain has an estimated 91,000 employees and more than 500 locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The original Whole Foods was founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, and had a staff of 19 employees.
In 2014, Amazon acquired popular live-streaming platform Twitch. The company was launched in 2011 and primarily focuses on video game and e-sports streaming. Some of the most popular games streamed on the service are Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, Hearthstone, and Overwatch.
