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7 numbers show just how staggeringly huge Jeff Bezos made Amazon in his 27 years as CEO

Dominick ReuterJul 6, 2021, 00:21 IST

Jeff Bezos in 1997.Paul Souders/Getty Images

After 27 years, Jeff Bezos is handing over the job of Amazon CEO to Andy Jassy.
In the company's first full financial year, it made just $511,000 in sales.
Last year, Amazon made $386 billion and employed more than a million people.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is stepping down from his job as CEO today after leading the company for 27 years.

The date is "sentimental," he explained during his last earnings call before Andy Jassy took over. It was the date Bezos incorporated Amazon in 1994.

In that time, he helped bring the idea ecommerce from a whiteboard concept to an everyday reality for millions of customers around the world.

Insider went back through years of company filings to round up some of the key numbers that show just how massive Amazon has become under Bezos' leadership.

Overall sales grew over 772,000 times from 1995 to 2020

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Online sales still dominate, but Third-Party Sellers and Web Services have grown into massive revenue sources

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The footprint has expanded from one office in Seattle to 475 million square feet

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More than 1.3 million people are employed by Amazon

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More than 95,500 drivers deliver packages for the company

Small suppliers are concerned about Amazon as a "gatekeeper" when selling to the federal government. Patrick Fallon/Getty Images

Amazon has at least 30,000 vans and 20,000 trailers, and has an order for 100,000 electric vans

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Amazon's fleet of airplanes will number 85 by the end of next year

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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO. These 6 charts show the tech giant's dominance over the years.