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Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Alibaba Group for short) was founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on 18, headed by former English teacher Ma Yun. Business and affiliated companies include: Taobao, Tmall, Juhua, AliExpress, Alibaba International Trading Market, 1688, Ali Mama, Alibaba Cloud, Ant Financial, Cainiao.com, etc.
20 16 In August, Alibaba Group ranked 148 in "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises in 20 16". On 20 17 65438+ 10/9, the IOC and Alibaba group jointly announced in Davos that they have reached a long-term cooperation until 2028.
Alibaba will join the Olympic Partner ("TOP") sponsorship program and become the official partner of "Cloud Service" and "E-commerce Platform Service" and the founding partner of the Olympic Channel.
Through the deposition of its own e-commerce platform and the diversion of UC, Gaode Map and Weibo, Alibaba has formed a complete business ecosystem, including games, videos, music and other pan-entertainment services and intelligent terminal services, around the core businesses of e-commerce and financial services that support the e-commerce system, as well as local life services and health care. The core of this business ecosystem is the enjoyment of data and traffic, the foundation is marketing services and cloud services, and the integration of effective data is Alipay.
Brand marking
Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba, believes that people all over the world also know stories about Alibaba, and most languages have similar pronunciations, so he named the company Alibaba. E-commerce is a global business, so we also need a name that people all over the world are familiar with. Alibaba means "open sesame", which means that our platform has opened the door to wealth for small businesses.
Reference: Alibaba Group-Baidu Encyclopedia