When Amazon launched in 1995 as a website that only sold books, founder Jeff Bezos had a vision for the company's explosive growth and ecommerce domination.
He knew from the very beginning that he wanted Amazon to be "an everything store."
In author Brad Stone's 2013 book on the origins of Amazon, he paints a picture of the early days of the company and how it grew into the behemoth that it is today.
