

Amazon's net sales increased by 15 percent to 22.72 billion US dollars, compared to 19.74 billion US dollars in the previous year. The figures for Amazon Web Services (AWS) are listed separately for the first time: With growth of 49 percent compared to 2014, sales amounted to 1.57 billion US dollars.
"Amazon Web Services is a 5 billion US dollar company and continues to grow strongly - growth is even accelerating"
announces Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
"AWS, which was launched ten years ago, is a good example of how we approach ideas and take risks at Amazon. We constantly focus on the customer, drive innovation quickly and take this to a high level."