CHINESE DOT-COM GIANTBY

ALEX ELLITHORPE

ALIBABA

• April 4, 1999

• Jack Ma

• September 19, 2014

ALIBABA AS OF YESTERDAY…

• 223 billion U.S. dollars

• 24.3 billion IPO (Initial Public Offering)

• $60~66, $92.70

• Facebook: 157-183 billion

• 16 billion IPO, 2012 ($38)

• Amazon: 144-186.9 billion

• 54 million IPO, 1997 ($18)

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS ALIBABA?

SOURCES

• http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29316074

• http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/225466199

• http://www.statista.com/statistics/277483/market-value-of-the-largest-internet-companies-worldwide/

• http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/07/daily-chart-6

• http://news.cnet.com/Amazon.com-IPO-skyrockets/2100-1001_3-279781.html

• http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303448404577409923406193162

• http://projects.wsj.com/alibaba/