Amazon falls off $1-trillion market cap minutes after reaching it
Amazon stock briefly hit a $1 trillion market cap on Tuesday before falling and leaving Apple as the only publicly traded US company above the benchmark. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, currently the world's wealthiest person, Amazon's share price have more than tripled since 2015. The shares reached an all-time high of $2,050.50 on Tuesday before falling to $2039.