
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is one of the largest e-commerce retailing platforms, based in China. Alibaba offers online retailing and wholesale trade as well as specializes in internet and technology services. The conglomerate offers consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business services.
While e-commerce and retailing are Alibaba’s biggest services, the company also offers a plethora of other products. This includes web portals, electronic payment services, search engines, cloud computing services, digital media and entertainment segment, and so on. Particularly, the digital media segment comes under the Youko Tudou and UC Browser business.
Alibaba has also funded several startups and includes multiple other segments like AutoNavi, Tmall Genie, DingTalk, and so on. The company has been around for decades, initially setup by Chung Tsai and Yun Ma in 1999 in Hangzhou, China. Today, it delivers products and services across the globe.