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The origin of Alibaba, Ma Yun himself recalled, before the establishment of Alibaba, because he wanted to take an international name, he was always worried about taking the company name. One day, he was eating in a restaurant in San Francisco. He asked the waitress, "Do you know Alibaba?" The waitress replied, "I know." Ma Yun asked her again: "What do you mean?" The waitress blurted out, "open sesame." Later, Ma Yun asked a dozen unknown Americans, all of whom knew the story of the Forty Thieves and open sesame.
As we all know, Alibaba is international. More importantly, Alibaba begins with the word "A" in English. Ma Yun wants to run a world-class company. This name is of course the most appropriate.
Later, Ma further explained why the website was named "Alibaba", and there was a deeper purpose, that is, I named Alibaba not for China, but for the whole world. I do Taobao, and one day I will go global. From the beginning, we were not just trying to make money, but to build a global excellent company that can do 102.
1. Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Alibaba Group) 18 was founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, headed by former English teacher Ma Yun.
Alibaba Group operates a number of businesses, and also obtains the support of operating business ecosystem from the businesses and services of affiliated companies. Business and affiliated companies include: Taobao, Tmall, Juhua, AliExpress, Alibaba International Trading Market, 1688, Ali Mama, Alibaba Cloud, Ant Financial, Cainiao.com, etc?
Secondly, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves is a very famous story in Arabian Nights, which tells the story that Geximu, a poor brother who was firewood, and Alibaba, his younger brother, met robbers. Ali's bravery and Marci's wit left a deep impression on us. Mongolia invaded Baghdad and the king was killed by Hulagohan. The little prince Ali fled to the wilderness and happened to meet forty thieves running out of the cave. He overheard the code word "open sesame" and went into the cave to have a rest. The thief came back to see the little prince and felt sorry for himself. Baba, the leader, adopted Ali as his adopted son and called him Alibaba.
Alibaba enlightened the forty thieves to rob the rich and help the poor, waiting for an opportunity to overthrow Mongolian rule. Hulagohan offered a high price for Alibaba and the 40 thieves, but the thieves were elusive and the people regarded them as heroes. All the arrests were in vain, so he used Hula Guhan's bride price as bait to trap thieves. Ali was really trapped and was recognized as the little prince. After being rescued by the Forty Thieves, he took away Princess Al mana, the bride of Hulagohan. Ali recalled that her childhood friend was actually Amana, so he put the princess back.
Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Alibaba
Baidu Encyclopedia-Alibaba and the Forty Thieves