Amazon : On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in Bellevue, Washington, as an online platform for selling books. Bezos wanted to create an online store, but he decided to sell books because they were easy to obtain and distribute. The company diversified into selling video games in 1998 and launched Amazon Web Services in the 2000s. It unveiled Kindle in 2007 and went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1997. However, Amazon has become the largest Internet-based one-stop shop for every product imaginable . It is the second company in history to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion;
Sony Corporation : After World War II in 1946, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the Tokyo , stockholder data Japan, with less than $1,500 as a consumer electronics manufacturer. It made Japan's first transistor radio, the TR-55, in 1955 and released the world's first portable direct-to-view TV, the TV8-301, in 1960. The company produced the world's first Blu-ray Disc player in 2003, but its first influential product was the Walkman, made in 1979. In addition to electronics, Sony is a major player in the media and video game industries. It released one of the world's most beloved video game consoles, the PlayStation, in 1994. Today, Sony is worth $109.70 billion and is ranked as the 126th most valuable company in the world;
Sega : Founded in Shinagawa, Tokyo, in 1940 by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart, Sega was formerly known as Nihon Goraku Bussan after acquiring Service Games of Japan. Standard Games of Japan was founded in 1940 by Martin Bromley, James Humpert, and Irving Bromberg to provide coin-operated war games. It sold its assets in 1945 and started Service Games. Service Games expanded to about seven companies such as South Korea, South Vietnam, etc. before rebranding as Sega in 1954. The company has produced many video game software franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Yakuza, and Total War. It is considered as one of the top arcade game producers in the world. Currently, the company is worth $2.823 billion.
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