How many headquarters does Alibaba have?

Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Alibaba Group or Alibaba for short) was founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on 18 people 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.

On September 201April 9 19, Alibaba Group was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange, creating the largest IPO record in history, with the stock code "baba" and founder Ma Yun. 2019165438+1October 26th, Alibaba went public in Hong Kong, with a total market value of over 4 trillion, topping the list of Hong Kong stocks and becoming the "king of new shares" of Hong Kong stocks.

2065438+On September 6, 2009, Alibaba Group announced that it would spend $2 billion to acquire Netease Koala, and lead Netease Cloud Music, raising $700 million. On September 20 19 1 day, the list of the top 500 service enterprises in China was released in Jinan, and Alibaba Group Holdings Limited ranked 24th. 20 19 10, Forbes global digital economy 100 ranking 10. 20 191010.23, 2019 Fortune 50 list was announced, and Alibaba Group ranked 1 1. "Belt and Road" China enterprises ranked fifth among the top 100 enterprises. 165438+ 10/6, Hurun Research Institute released "Top 20 19 Hurun Global 100 unicorn active investment institutions", and Alibaba ranked seventh. 20 19 12, Alibaba group was selected as the brand of 20 19 China Brand Power Festival 100. On June 5438+1October 1 1 in 2020, on the first day of the Spring Festival Evening of the Year of the Rat, Alibaba announced that it would become an exclusive e-commerce partner and provide e-commerce subsidies.

In September, 1999, the founder of 18 led by Ma Yun formally established Alibaba Group in his apartment in Hangzhou. The first website of the group is Alibaba, the global wholesale trade market of English. In the same year, Alibaba Group launched the China trading market (now named "1688") focusing on domestic wholesale trade.

199 10, Alibaba group raised $5 million from a number of investment institutions.

From June 5438 to October 2000 10, Alibaba group raised 20 million dollars from many investment institutions such as Softbank.

In September 2000, Alibaba Group held the first West Lake Sword, which brought together business and opinion leaders in the Internet industry to discuss important issues in the industry.

200 1, 65438+February, Alibaba registered users exceeded 1 10,000.

From June 5, 2008 to February 2002, Alibaba Group realized positive cash inflow for the first time.

In May 2003, Taobao, a shopping website, was founded in Ma Yun's apartment.

In February 2004, Alibaba Group raised $82 million from a number of first-line investment institutions, making it the largest private equity financing in China at that time.

Ma Yun and Softbank CEO Sun Zhengyi

In June 2004, Alibaba Group held the first online business conference, during which the first award ceremony for the top ten online businesses was held.

In July 2004, Taobao released Alibaba Want Want, a PC communication software that allows buyers and sellers to communicate in real time.

From June 5438 to February 2004, Alipay, a third-party online payment platform of Alibaba Group's affiliated companies, was launched.

On August 1 1, 2005, Alibaba and Yahoo announced the signing of a cooperation agreement. Alibaba acquired all the assets of Yahoo China, and at the same time obtained an investment of $0/billion from Yahoo/KLOC, enjoying the exclusive right to use Yahoo's brand and technology in China. Yahoo got 40% of Alibaba's economic benefits and 35% of the voting rights.

In June 2005, Alibaba Group took over Yahoo China.

Management and employees celebrate the company's first financial milestone

In July 2006, the course of Taobao University was launched, providing e-commerce training and education for buyers and sellers.

On June 30th, 2006, 10, Alibaba Group completed its strategic investment in the word-of-mouth platform of localized living community.

On June 9, 2007, 65438, Alibaba Group announced the formal establishment of its subsidiary Ali Software in Shanghai.

In June 2007, Alibaba Network Co., Ltd. was listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the same month, Alibaba Group established the online advertising platform Ali Mama.

In April 2008, Taobao launched Taobao Mall, focusing on serving third-party brands and retailers.

Taobao Mall Establishment Celebration

On June 4th, 2008, Alibaba Group integrated its China Yahoo with Word of Mouth to form Yahoo Word of Mouth Company.

On September 4, 2008, Alibaba Group announced the merger of its Taobao and Ali Mama.