As a major shareholder of Alibaba, Softbank held 36% of Alibaba's shares as of May 20 14. On May 6, 20 14, Alibaba submitted its application for initial public offering to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, becoming the largest listing in the world.
It is understood that the first meeting between Son and Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, was in 2000. At that time, about 20 IT business operators attended the interview. It only took Sun Zhengyi five minutes to decide to invest 2 billion yen in Alibaba. In just 14 years, 2 billion yen has become 5 trillion yen.
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Alibaba's development experience:
2065438+On April 1 day, 2006, Zhang Yong, CEO of Alibaba Group, announced the appointment of Zhang Jianfeng, CEO of Huaming Hangdian, as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Group. In addition to being the chief technology officer of Alibaba Group, Zhang Jianfeng will also be the head of the group's technology strategy implementation team. In addition to continuing to lead the former China-Taiwan business group team, Zhang Jianfeng will also be responsible for the technical support department.
On 20 16 12, the national development and reform commission and Alibaba group signed the memorandum of cooperation on promoting the construction of credit system in business field in Beijing.
2065438+On March 2, 2007, Kloc-0, Alibaba announced the acquisition of barley net, and Zhang Yu, Vice President of Alibaba Group and Secretary General of Ali Culture and Entertainment Group, became CEO of barley net.
People's Daily Online-Japanese media: Softbank invested 2 billion Alibaba to repay Sun Zhengyi with extraordinary courage.
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