# What is Amazon's best acquisition of all time?

> Amazon has bought everything from a grocery chain to a warehouse-robot maker. Some deals reshaped whole businesses, others quietly faded into a logo on a box.

*By YPB Team · Published November 12, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-amazons-best-acquisition-of-all-time*

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1. **Whole Foods Market** — score 1000/1000
   Amazon bought the natural and organic grocery chain for $13.7 billion in 2017, its largest acquisition to date.
2. **PillPack** — score 647/1000
   Amazon bought the online pharmacy in 2018 for a reported $753 million, laying the groundwork for Amazon Pharmacy.
3. **One Medical** — score 624/1000
   Amazon completed its $3.9 billion purchase of the membership-based primary-care provider in 2023.
4. **Kiva Systems** — score 560/1000
   Amazon bought the warehouse-robot maker for $775 million in 2012 and later renamed it Amazon Robotics.
5. **Goodreads** — score 560/1000
   Amazon bought the book-review and reading social network in 2013.
6. **Audible** — score 485/1000
   Amazon acquired the audiobook company in 2008 for about $300 million.
7. **Twitch** — score 485/1000
   Amazon bought the live-streaming platform for about $970 million in cash in 2014.
8. **Zoox** — score 397/1000
   Amazon acquired the self-driving vehicle startup in 2020 in a deal reported at more than $1 billion.
9. **Eero** — score 291/1000
   Amazon acquired the mesh Wi-Fi router maker in 2019.
10. **Zappos** — score 291/1000
   Amazon acquired the online shoe retailer in 2009 in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $1.2 billion when it closed.
11. **Ring** — score 291/1000
   Amazon bought the video-doorbell maker in 2018 in a deal reported at more than $1 billion.
12. **Woot** — score 291/1000
   Amazon bought the one-deal-a-day shopping site in 2010.
13. **Souq.com** — score 0/1000
   Amazon bought the Dubai-based online marketplace in 2017 and rebranded it as Amazon.ae in 2019.
14. **IMDb** — score 0/1000
   Amazon bought the online movie database in 1998, among its first acquisitions after going public.

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