Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the provision of online retail shopping services. It operates through the following business segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The North America segment includes retail sales of consumer products and subscriptions through North America-focused websites such as {'type': 'url', 'params': {'url': 'https://www.amazon.com', 'linkText': 'amazon.com', 'relFollow': False}} and {'type': 'url', 'params': {'url': 'https://www.amazon.ca.', 'linkText': 'amazon.ca.', 'relFollow': False}} The International segment offers retail sales of consumer products and subscriptions through internationally-focused websites. The Amazon Web Services segment involves in the global sales of compute, storage, database, and AWS service offerings for start-ups, enterprises, government agencies, and academic institutions. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Bezos in July 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.