Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in history with a fortune of more than 150,000 million
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The giant e-commerce Amazon won 6.200 million euros between January and September, which meant a net profit almost six times higher than those presented in the same period in 2017, when “only” managed to 1.035 million.
The signature with headquarters in Seattle, Washington state, USA) who today presented his quarterly accounts, had a net profit per share of 14,10 dollars in the first nine months, compared to 2,39 achieved in the same period last year.
For its part, the revenue accumulated in the year reached 141.120 million euros, 37% more than between January and September of 2017, when he managed 105.000 million.
During this period, Amazon has managed to reduce slightly its long-term debt, which has gone from the 21.760 million with which it closed the previous fiscal year to 21.700 million today.
By sectors, the revenue of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the segment of the company dedicated to cloud computing and considered to be of strategic importance for the company, grew by 47% compared to the first nine months of 2017, reaching 16,000 million.
The signature of Seattle highlighted the good performance of its branch dedicated to the sales business, Amazon Business, launched in 2015, and that generates about 10,000 million annual billing in eight different countries, among them USA, Japan and Germany.
“we are Not reducing the pace. Amazon Business achieved new clients every day, including great educational institutions, local governments, and more than half of companies in the Fortune 100,” said in a press release the ceo and founder of the company, Jeff Bezos.
The results of Amazon were not well received by the investors on the trading floors of New York, and the company left a 9,10% in electronic trading after the close of the market, reaching 1.620 dollars per title.
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