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Alibaba

The e-commerce empire

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Markets1 hour ago

Alibaba, Baidu soar in Hong Kong as report cards ease tech earnings concerns

Big Tech13 hours ago

Alibaba posts slowest ever quarterly revenue growth as economy slows

Markets19 hours ago

Stocks retreat as China shows pain from lockdowns while Alibaba, JD.com slip

Big Tech25 May 2022

Online sales plunge in China as Covid-19 lockdowns freeze spending

Summary

Alibaba is the world’s biggest e-commerce group. Founded by Jack Ma, it owns Tmall.com and its consumer-to-consumer business Taobao.com. Alibaba Group is the owner of the South China Morning Post....more

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Year Alibaba was founded

1999

At 35, Jack Ma was able to convince 17 friends to invest US$50 thousand each. Months later they raised US$ 5 million.