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Jeff Bezos incorporated Amazon in 1994 and launched it online in 1995. In which U.S. state was his now-famous garage startup located?
Answer
Washington
Bezos launched Amazon from a rented house in Bellevue, Washington, later moving operations to nearby Seattle. Washington State's lack of sales tax on most out-of-state sales was one reason Bezos chose the Pacific Northwest as his base.
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Amazon's 1995 launch sold its first book—a computer science text—to a friend of founder Jeff Bezos, who packed it himself in a garage.
Other options people guess
- California
- Oregon
- Texas
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- 1990s
- amazon
- e-commerce
- startups
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