Alibaba Grouphttp://www.alibaba.com/

Alibaba Group 

Synonyms Alibaba (Chinese e-commerce company) generally refers to Alibaba Group

Alibaba.com Network Technology Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: Alibaba Group) was founded in 1999 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It was led by Ma Yun, who once served as an English teacher. [1-2]

The Alibaba Group operates a number of businesses. In addition, it also obtains support from the affiliates' businesses and services in the business ecosystem. Business and related company's business includes: Taobao, Tmall, poly deal, AliExpress, Alibaba international trading market, 1688, Ali Mama, Ali cloud, ants gold service, rookie network and so on. [3]

On September 19, 2014, Alibaba Group was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BABA" and the founder and chairman of the board of directors was Ma Yun.

In August 2016, Alibaba Group ranked 148th in the "2016 Top 500 Chinese Enterprises". [4]

On January 19, 2017, the International Olympic Committee and Alibaba Group announced in Davos, Switzerland that the two parties reached a long-term cooperation deadline of 2028. Alibaba will join the Olympic Partner ("TOP") sponsorship program, become an official partner of "cloud service" and "e-commerce platform service", and a founding partner of the Olympic Channel. [5]

On February 5, 2018, Wanda Group announced that Alibaba Group and Wentou Holdings Co., Ltd. had entered into a strategic investment agreement with Wanda Group in Beijing. Alibaba and Wenxuan Holdings acquired Wanda Films held by Wanda Group for RMB 51.96 per share. 12.77% of shares.

On February 11, 2018, Beijing SunRight House Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Group jointly announced the establishment of a new retail strategic cooperation: Alibaba and its affiliated investment houses actually invest 5,453 million yuan, holding 15% of their shares . [6]

On April 20, 2018, Alibaba Group announced its wholly-owned acquisition of Zhongtian Microsystems Co., Ltd. [7]

Company Name Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. Foreign Name Alibaba Group Headquarters Location Hangzhou, China Established September 9, 1999 [8] Business Scope E-commerce, Online Payment, B2B Online Trading Market and Cloud Computing Business Company Nature Limited Liability Company (Taiwan) Hong Kong and Macao corporations sole proprietorship [8] Annual turnover of 158.273 billion yuan (FY2017) [9] Number of employees 73780 (June 2017) Founder Ma Yun Chief Executive Zhang Yong [10] Company mission makes the world no harder to do Business Registration No. 330100400015575 [8] Registered Capital 59,690,000 US Dollars [8] Registration Authority Hangzhou Market Supervision Administration [8] Official website http://www.alibaba.com/

table of Contents

1 Development process

2 Company business

? Business Segments

? Organizational structure

? Main business

? Business model

3 Company size

? Company performance

? Lynx Double 11

? Branch office

4 Corporate Management

? Shareholders' meeting

? Board of Directors

? Management

? Partner

5 Corporate Culture

? Branding

? Mission

? Vision

? Values

6 company honor

7 Disputed events

Development history

In September 1999, the 18 founders led by Ma Yun formally established the Alibaba Group in an apartment in Hangzhou. The Group’s first website is the English global wholesale trade market Alibaba. In the same year, Alibaba Group launched a Chinese trading market focused on domestic wholesale trade

Early Alibaba Team Working in Ma Yun Apartment

Early Alibaba Team Working in Ma Yun Apartment

Field (now called "1688").

In October 1999, Alibaba Group raised 5 million U.S. dollars from several investment institutions. [11]

In January 2000, Alibaba Group raised 20 million U.S. dollars from several investment institutions such as Softbank.

In September 2000, Alibaba Group held the first session of West Lake Sword, gathering business leaders and opinion leaders in the Internet industry to discuss important issues in the industry. [12]

In December 2001, Alibaba registered more than one million users. [13]

In December 2002, Alibaba Group achieved its first annual cash inflow. [14]

In May 2003, Taobao, a shopping website, was founded in Mayun Apartment. [15]

In February 2004, Alibaba Group raised 82 million U.S. dollars from several first-tier investment institutions, becoming the largest private equity financing in China’s Internet industry at that time.

In June 2004, Alibaba Group held its first e-commerce conference for the first time, during which the first top 10 e-commerce awards ceremony was held.

Ma Yun and Softbank CEO Sun Yizheng

Ma Yun and Softbank CEO Sun Yizheng

In July 2004, Taobao released the PC version of the communication software Ali Want, which allows buyers and sellers to communicate text, voice, and video instantly.

In December 2004, Alibaba Group's third-party online payment platform, Alipay, was launched. [16]

On August 11, 2005, Alibaba and Yahoo announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement, Alibaba acquired all assets of Yahoo! China, and Yahoo also invested US$1 billion in Yahoo!, and enjoyed exclusive rights to Yahoo! brand and technology in China; Yahoo won Alibaba.com Baba has 40% of economic benefits and 35% of voting rights. [17]

In October 2005, Alibaba Group took over Yahoo China. [18]

In July 2006, Taobao University launched a curriculum to provide e-commerce training and education to buyers and sellers. [19]

Management and employees celebrate the company’s first financial milestone

Management and employees celebrate the company’s first financial milestone

On October 30, 2006, Alibaba Group completed the strategic investment in the platform for the localized living community platform Word of mouth. [20]

On January 9, 2007, Alibaba Group announced in Shanghai that its subsidiary Alisoft was officially established. [twenty one] 

In November 2007, Alibaba.com Limited was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the same month, Alibaba Group established an online advertising platform Ali Mama. [twenty two] 

In April 2008, Taobao launched Taobao Mall, which focuses on serving third-party brands and retailers. [twenty three] 

On June 4, 2008, Alibaba Group integrated Yahoo!

Taobao Mall celebrates its founding

Taobao Mall celebrates its founding

. [twenty four] 

On September 4, 2008, Alibaba Group announced the merger of Taobao and Ali's mother. [25] At the same time, the Alibaba Group Research and Development Institute was established. [twenty three] 

On July 22, 2009, Alibaba Group announced that its Alibaba Software Company had formally merged with Alibaba Research, which originally belonged to Alibaba Group. The merged company name is still Alisoft. [26]

On August 21, 2009, Alibaba Group announced that it had demolished Yahoo! [27]

On September 10, 2009, Alibaba Group celebrated its tenth anniversary and established Alibaba Cloud Computing. In the same month, Alibaba announced the acquisition of China Wanwang, China’s leading Internet infrastructure service provider. [28]

Alibaba Group's 10th Anniversary Celebration

Alibaba Group's 10th Anniversary Celebration

In March 2010, Alibaba changed the name of its Chinese trading market to "1688". In the same month, Taobao launched a group-buying website for a bargain.

In April 2010, Alibaba officially launched the AliExpress, allowing Chinese exporters to directly contact and trade with global consumers.

In May 2010, Alibaba Group announced that it would allocate 0.3% of its annual income as an environmental fund to promote the community’s concern for environmental issues and support conservation activities.

In July 2010, Alibaba Group launched a partner system to preserve its mission, vision and values. [10]

In August 2010, Alibaba acquired two Vendors and Auctiva providers of e-commerce solutions for small businesses in the United States. In the same month, the mobile Taobao client was launched.

In November 2010, Alibaba announced the acquisition of a domestic one-stop export service provider, OneCom. [29]

Company Events

Company events (12 photos)

On June 16, 2011, Alibaba Group announced that it would split Taobao into three companies: Amoy.com, Taobao.com and Taobao.com. [30]

In October 2011, Juhua was split from Taobao and became an independent platform. [31]

On January 11, 2012, Taobao Mall officially changed its name to "Tmall." [32] In the same month, Alibaba Group set up the Alibaba Foundation for Public Welfare and allocated funds to support various areas of public welfare activities. [33]

On June 20, 2012, Alibaba.com (code 1688) delisted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the privatization of Alibaba in the market ended. [34]

On July 23, 2012, Alibaba Group announced that it would adjust the company's organizational structure from the original subsidiary system to the business group system, and adjusted the existing subsidiary's business to Taobao, Yitao, Tmall, and Juhua. Ali International Business, Ali Small Business Business and Alibaba Cloud Seven Business Groups. [35]

In September 2012, Alibaba Group completed a preliminary share repurchase of Yahoo and restructured its relationship with Yahoo. [33]

Taobao 10th Anniversary Celebration

Taobao 10th Anniversary Celebration

In January 2012, Taobao Mall announced the change of its Chinese name Tmall to strengthen the positioning of its platform. [36]

On January 6, 2013, Alibaba Group announced that its Alibaba Group and Wanwang.com will be merged into the new Aliyun Company. After the merger, the “Wanwang” brand will continue to be retained as a domain name service brand under Aliyun.com. [37]

On January 10, 2013, Alibaba Group announced that its current business structure and organization will make corresponding adjustments and set up 25 business divisions, with the responsibility of the president (general manager) of each division. [38]

In July 2013, Alibaba Group released Alibaba's smart TV operating system.

In August 2013, the Alibaba Group Park moved to Xixi, Hangzhou.

In September 2013, Alibaba Group officially launched a social networking mobile client. [39]

In February 2014, Tmall International, the Tmall platform extension program, was officially launched to allow international brands to sell products directly to Chinese consumers.

In June 2014, Alibaba Group completed the acquisition of UC Vision, a mobile browser company, and consolidated its businesses. In the same month, Alibaba Group began to provide mobile virtual network operator services in China under the Ali Telecom brand. In the same month, Alibaba Group completed the acquisition of approximately 60% of the shares of the film and television producer Cultural China Communications (now known as "Alibaba Group").

In July 2014, Alibaba Group and Yintai formed a joint venture to develop O2O business in China. In the same month, Alibaba Group completed its investment in Gao De, a digital map company.

Alibaba Group listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Alibaba Group listed on the New York Stock Exchange

On September 19, 2014, Alibaba Group was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BABA".

In October 2014, Alibaba Group Affiliate Ant Financial Services Group (formerly known as "Small and Micro Financial Services Group") was formally established. In the same month, Taobao Travel became an independent platform and changed its name to “go.” [40]

On January 13, 2015, Easy Media Group announced that Alibaba Group will strategically invest in and hold Easy Media. E-Media still maintains an independent operation. Together with Alibaba's mother, Alibaba Group’s marketing and promotion platform, E-Media promotes the development of digital marketing program in China and gradually realizes the popularity of Big Data marketing capabilities. [41]

On February 1, 2015, Alibaba Group announced the establishment of a billion Hong Kong dollar youth entrepreneurship fund, which is non-profit making. [42]

On February 9, 2015, Alibaba Group announced a strategic investment in Meizu Technology for US$590 million, and did not disclose the specific shareholding ratio. [43]

On February 10, 2015, Alibaba Group announced that it had completed the reorganization with Ant Financial Group. Ant Financial was the parent company of Alipay. [44]

On March 11, 2015, Alibaba Group announced that its global wholesale trading platform has reached strategic cooperation with ezbob and iwoca, the UK's innovative lending institution, to help British SMEs to obtain more convenient working capital when purchasing goods from Chinese suppliers on the platform. .

On April 15, 2015, Alibaba Group announced that it had reached a definitive agreement with Hong Kong-listed Ali Health Information Technology Co., Ltd. According to the agreement, Alibaba Group will transfer the operating rights of Tmall's online pharmaceutical business to Ali Health in exchange for newly issued shares and convertible bonds of Ali Health. Ali Health will become a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. [45]

On May 14, 2015, Alibaba Group announced that it has joined forces with the Yunfeng Fund to make strategic investments in Yuantong, a major domestic logistics express company. [46]

On June 4, 2015, Alibaba Group and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) jointly announced that they will jointly create a new digital financial media and information service group under SMG's First Financial Media Co., Ltd., and Ali will invest 1.2 billion yuan. The RMB participates in the First Financial and expands its data services business. [47]

On June 18, 2015, Japan Softbank Group, Alibaba Group, and Foxconn Technology Group jointly announced that Alibaba and Foxconn will inject RMB 14.5 billion into Softbank Robotics Holding Co., Ltd., respectively. After completing the capital injection, Alibaba and Foxconn will Holding 20% ??of SBRH shares respectively, Softbank will hold 60% of the shares. [48]

On June 23, 2015, Alibaba Group and Ant Financial Services Group jointly announced that the two parties will jointly establish a local life service platform company. The joint venture company is named “Word of mouth” and the two sides each injected RMB 3 billion, totaling RMB 6 billion. Shares 50%. [49]

On July 8, 2015, Alibaba announced the attractiveness of over 100 million U.S. dollars worth of strategic investment to jointly create the glamour of luxury goods flash purchase e-commerce platform. After the transaction is completed, Alibaba will set up a service team on its Tmall platform to support the rapid development of Charming. [50]

On July 15, 2015, Alibaba Group announced the establishment of Ali Music Group, Gao Xiaosong as Chairman, and Song Ke as CEO. [51]

On July 16, 2015, Alibaba Group’s mobile open platform Ali Baichuan announced that it will provide "1 billion venture capital + 1 billion loan" to support mobile application entrepreneurs. [52]

On July 20, 2015, Alibaba Group and Unilever signed a strategic cooperation agreement to help the latter sell their products to more Chinese customers. [53]

On July 29, 2015, Alibaba Group announced a strategic investment of 6 billion yuan in its Alibaba Cloud strategy for the development of international businesses, cloud computing, and research and development of basic data and technologies in the field of big data.