10 Most Interesting Companies In The World

#8 Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon is the first of the tech behemoths that made our list. While the company is primarily an online marketplace, it’s got a lot of other interesting initiatives, and even that drab marketplace is made all the more interesting by its push into drone deliveries (which are now a reality), and the possibility of it creating flying warehouses (which it just patented) to launch those drones from. The company is also in the process of creating brick-and-mortar grocery stores, which are expected to come in three formats.

Amazon has also emerged as a serious threat to Netflix in the video streaming realm, has a potent cloud services segment, and has also launched various gadgets, with varying success. Besides owning one of the most interesting companies in the worldBesides owning one of the most interesting companies in the world, Jeff Bezos also ranks as one of the more interesting CEO’s, one which his company pays a reported $1.6 million in security fees annually to protect. , Jeff Bezos also ranks as one of the more interesting CEO’s, one which his company pays a reported $1.6 million in security fees annually to protect. Bezos, who bought The Washington Post for $250 million from his personal fortune (which is estimated at over $68 billion), was named Time’s Person of the Year in 1999.

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