Amazon has completed 4 recorded acquisitions and 0 divestitures or spin-offs, spanning 2008 to 2022.
| Date | Type | Assets | Counterparty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2022terminated | Acquisition | Roomba | — | $1.7bn |
| Aug 2017 | Acquisition | Whole Foods Market and 365 by Whole Foods Market | Whole Foods Market, Inc. | $13.7bn |
| Aug 2014 | Acquisition | Twitch | — | $970m |
| Nov 2009 | Acquisition | Zappos | — | $1.2bn |
| Mar 2008 | Acquisition | Audible | — | $300m |
Amazon agreed to acquire iRobot for about $1.7 billion, later reduced to about $1.4 billion. British regulators cleared it unconditionally; European regulators signalled objections, and Amazon abandoned the deal in January 2024, paying a $94 million termination fee. iRobot remains independent.
Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in cash, its largest acquisition and its entry into physical grocery retail. Share prices of established supermarket chains fell sharply on the announcement, and Amazon cut Whole Foods prices within days of closing.
Amazon acquired Twitch for about $970 million in cash, outbidding Google. Live game streaming was then a niche few large companies took seriously, and Twitch remains the centre of that economy a decade later.
Amazon acquired Zappos for about $1.2 billion in stock. Zappos kept its own management, culture and headquarters, an unusual degree of independence that Amazon maintained for years afterwards.
Amazon acquired Audible for about $300 million, pairing spoken-word audio with the Kindle it had launched a few months earlier. Audible had sold the first portable digital audio player in 1997, four years before the iPod.
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