Alibaba is a multinational e-commerce, wholesale, internet, technology sales company founded in 1999. It provides services for buyer-to-buyer, business-to-buyer, business-to-business product purchase and sale web portal . It is one of the top 10 important institutions in the world. In January 2018, Alibaba became the second Asian company to exceed 500 billion in market value. Alibaba is now the ninth most valuable band in the world. Serving over two hundred countries, Alibaba is now the world's largest retailer. The company is ranked 31st in the 2020 index of Forbes Global 2000, 8th among Chinese companies .

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

type	public
Stock market symbol	NYSE :  BABA
ISIN	US01609W1027
the industry	Internet
Founding period	4 April 1999 ; 23 years ago
the founder	Jack Ma Peng Lei
Headquarters	Hangzhou , Zhejiang , East China , China
trade zone	Worldwide
main person	Jack Ma ( Executive Chairman ) Joseph Tassi ( Executive Vice Chairman ) Michelle Evan ( President ) Daniel Zhang ( CEO )
products	Online sales , e-commerce
services	Alibaba Cloud , AliExpress, AliOS, Alipay, Taobao, TML, Paytm
income	CN¥ 250.266 billion ($39.898 billion, 2018) [1]
Income before interest and tax	CN¥69.314 billion [1]
net income	CN¥61.412 billion (US$9.791 billion, 2018)
Total assets	CN¥717.124 billion (US$114.326 billion, 2018)
Total Equity	CN¥436.438 billion (US$69.578 billion, 2018)
Number of employees	66,421 (March 31, 2018)
Subsidiary Institutions	Alibaba.com, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC , Taobao , Timol , UCWeb , Daraz Bangladesh , AliExpress , Juhuasuan.com, 1688.com, Alimama.com, Ant Financial , Cainiao, Lazada Group , Youku Tudou , Alibaba Cloud
website	www.alibabagroup.com