Year founded:1995Website launched: 1995 Revenue (2008): $19.9 billion Number of employees: 20,500 NASDAQ: AMZN

Year founded:1917Website launched: 1997 Revenue (2008): $5.06 billion Number of employees: 37,000 NYSE: BKS

Which pretty much says it all.

For the full story, read this interview of Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder.