The net profit rose by more than 78% to RON25.48 million (EUR5.1 million).
Rising demand for IT products and services as a result of the pandemic and the steps taken by the authorities last year, made Amazon Development Center add 1,253 employees for a total of 3,209.
Early in 2021, Octavian Tanase, general manager of Amazon Romania, announced Amazon planned to expand with three new offices in the country – in Timisoara and Iasi, and sought to hire 500 people. The office in Timisoara should open in the second quarter.
Amazon Development Center has been operating in Romania since 2005.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)