Alibaba

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Introduction
Alibaba is the most popular
destination for online
shopping, in the world's
fastest growing e-commerce
market.
Inception
Founded on 28 June 1999 in
Hangzhou, China, by Jack
Ma, the now-retired CEO. On
19 September 2014, Its IPO
on the NYSE raised US$25 B,
giving the company a
market value of US$231 B.

Offerings
It provides C2C, B2C, and B2B
sales services, as well as
electronic payment services,
shopping search engines and Volume
cloud computing services. Alibaba handles more
business than any other e-
commerce company. Its
three main sites have
hundreds of millions of
The Future users, and host millions of
Alibaba is competing for merchants and businesses.
China's smartphone users.
In its search for growth,
Alibaba is forging into new
businesses — and bumping
into powerful players like Satvika
Chinese banks and Sujitha
regulators. 3 B.B.A. Shift-II