In its latest acquisition, completed on Aug. 5, Amazon agreed to purchase the Roomba maker for $1.7 billion in an all-cash deal, including iRobot’s net debt.ģ. iRobot – $1.7 billion, acquisition number 113 In July 2009, Amazon paid $1.2 billion for the shoe e-commerce website Zappos in an all-stock deal, with the agreement that Zappos would maintain its independence.Ĥ. Zappos – $1.2 billion, acquisition number 35 Zoox – $1.2 billion, acquisition number 102Īmazon purchased autonomous ride-hailing startup Zoox in June 2020 for $1.2 billion in order to assist the startup in realizing its vision of autonomous ride-hailing, but unmistakably with an eye toward using its own logistics operations for package delivery.ĥ. Amazon folded Twitch into its company in order to help the business compete with other streaming video services like YouTube, owned by Alphabet, and Netflix Inc. Following Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL withdrawal from a deal to buy Twitch due to antitrust concerns, Amazon purchased Twitch. One of Amazon's largest purchases to that point was the $970 million all-cash purchase of the video game broadcasting service Twitch in August 2014. Twitch Interactive – $970 million, acquisition number 58 This acquisition complemented Amazon Key, its existing in-home delivery service, and gave Alexa a new platform to flourish.ħ. With the $839 million purchase of home security company Ring in February 2018, Amazon gained a competitive edge in smart-home technology. Ring – $839 million, acquisition number 90 Amazon Robotics produces a new breed of mobile robots that can transport shelves of goods from employee to employee while reading barcodes on the ground for directions.Ĩ. Kiva Systems – $775 million, acquisition number 48Īmazon purchased robotics company Kiva Systems, now known as Amazon Robotics, in March 2012 for $775 million in an all-cash deal. As an Amazon subsidiary, PillPack continues to be run independently, and its original CEO and founder are still in place.ĩ.
Amazon entered the prescription medicine business to compete with drugstore chains, drug wholesalers, and pharmacy benefit managers in June 2018 when it purchased online pharmacy company PillPack for $800 million.
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