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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Alibaba) Jump to: navigation, search "Alibaba" redirects here. For the fictional character, see Ali Baba. Alibaba Group Alibaba Group logo Type Private Industry Internet, Auctions, Computer software Founded Hangzhou, China (1999) Headquarters Hangzhou, China Area served China Key people Ma Yun (Jack Ma), Chairman Employees 22,000 (2010) Website www.alibaba.com

Alibaba Group (simplified Chinese: 阿里巴巴集团; traditional Chinese: 阿里巴巴集團; pinyin:Ālǐbābā Jítuán) is a Chinese investment holding company. The company, together with its subsidiaries, are engaged in the provision of software, technology and other services on the online business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces with the uniform resource locators www.alibaba.com, www.1688.com and under the trade name Alibaba (the B2B services).

The company also provides other Internet based services, such as software applications, domain name registration, Website hosting and solutions, email hosting and technology-related consulting services on various marketplaces and platforms. It operates its business in the People’s Republic of China.

Alibaba Group and its affiliated entities:

Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688) - publicly traded company in e-commerce for small businesses Taobao - consumer-to-consumer (C2C) online shopping platform Tmall - business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail marketplace eTao - search engine designed for online shoppers Alibaba Cloud Computing - advanced data-centric cloud computing services platform China Yahoo! - one of China’s leading internet portals Alipay - third-party online payment platform