Alibaba
 Alibaba  (Corporation)    | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 28 June 1999 |
| Founder | Jack Ma |
| Headquarters | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Cayman Islands |
| Type | Technology |
| Member of | WEF/Strategic Partners |
Alibaba is a Chinese multinational technology company. Similar to Amazon, it has it's hand in all aspects of IT - but in Asia.
Founding
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Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma, a ambitious Chinese millionaire, a self made millionaire. The name comes the Middle Eastern folk-tale collection One Thousand and One Nights.[1]
In 1999, The Wallenberg Family gave Jack Ma - operating the site from his apartment in Hangzhou 25 million US Dollars though their firm Investor AB. After Goldman Sachs and Softbank also invested in Ma's company, Alibaba became profitable 3 years after launch.
Octopus
Alibaba has become somewhat of a financial octopus, with shares and companies in every industry. It has become the biggest venture capital firms and investment corporations in Asia and Europe, as well as the second largest financial services group behind Visa.[2][3]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171123051034/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/06/alibabas-ipo-filing-everything-you-need-to-know/
- ↑ It is also one of the biggest venture capital firms and investment corporations in the world, as well as the second largest financial services group behind Visa via its fintech arm Ant Group
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190330205505/https://www.investopedia.com/insights/10-companies-owned-alibaba/
