Alibaba
Forty thieves' foe
Alibaba is a Chinese multinational technology company, one of the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing enterprises.
Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, it operates platforms connecting buyers and sellers globally: They source products through Alibaba.
The name comes from the Arabian Nights character who discovered a cave of treasures—fitting for a company built on unlocking commerce.
Chinese e-commerce platform
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- dropshippingSelling goods you never handle
- suppliersThose who furnish goods
Jack Ma · online shopping · B2B · Chinese · factory · bulk · import · export
Group of bandits
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- Arabian NightsMedieval Middle Eastern folklore anthology
- ScheherazadeLegendary endless storyteller
woodcutter · Baghdad · magic · gold · jewels · disguise · merchant · donkeys
Internet-delivered digital infrastructure
- fintechTech-driven monetary services
- data centersFacilities storing networked computers
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
digital payments · servers · infrastructure · machine learning · enterprise · platform · ecosystem · innovation
First public stock offering
- NYSELargest equities market
- stockGoods kept for sale
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
shareholders · acquisitions · revenue · growth · subsidiaries · competition · Amazon · regulation
Taobao
Chinese e-commerce platform
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- dropshippingSelling goods you never handle
Jack Ma · suppliers · online shopping · B2B · Chinese · factory · bulk · import · export · vendors
forty thieves
Group of bandits
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- Arabian NightsMedieval Middle Eastern folklore anthology
Scheherazade · woodcutter · Baghdad · magic · gold · jewels · disguise · merchant · donkeys · Persia
cloud computing
Internet-delivered digital infrastructure
- fintechTech-driven monetary services
- data centersFacilities storing networked computers
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
logistics · digital payments · servers · infrastructure · machine learning · enterprise · platform · ecosystem · innovation · tech giant
IPO
First public stock offering
- NYSELargest equities market
- stockGoods kept for sale
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
valuation · shareholders · acquisitions · revenue · growth · subsidiaries · competition · Amazon · regulation · expansion
- Chinese EntitiesHuawei, Baidu, WeChat, TikTok, Xiaomi
- BrandsNike, Coca-Cola, Apple, Google, Disney
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- online shoppingAmazon, cart, checkout, e-commerce, Walmart