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> It does create a misrepresentation of the valuation as AWS is able to represent the investment as the retail price ($2.7B) Represent it where? In 3rd party j
by dmix 3y ago
> It does create a misrepresentation of the valuation as AWS is able to represent the investment as the retail price ($2.7B)
Represent it where? In 3rd party journalists who cover it? Or on public market financial statements?
- nicce 3y agoAssuming that Amazon got some shares based on the stated value, and if the value is misleading, they got more shares than they should. It includes the profit-value, defined by Amazon itself, that Amazon is getting from running their own servers. Not the real, actual costs.
- chowchowchow 3y agoTaxes seem like one possibility for this to be taken advantage of. Invest $X, get $Y kicked back, but calculate losses or gains against the higher $X basis.