The document discusses Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company founded in 1999 by Jack Ma. It provides a brief history of Alibaba, describing its founding and key milestones like launching Taobao in 2003 and going public in 2014. The document also mentions Alibaba's business model of advertising and transaction fees, products like Alibaba Cloud, domestic and global competition, profitable and growing revenue from diversified sources, and recent struggles with its share price.

1. CHARLES WANG
CVWANG

2. The Problem
China

3. The Problem
China
Ningbo Feihong Precision Motor Co.
Changzhou Smart Automation Motor Manufacturing Co.
TT Motor (Shenzhen) Industrial Co.
Beginning in early 2000s

4. The Problem
China America
Ningbo Feihong Precision Motor Co.
Changzhou Smart Automation Motor Manufacturing Co.
TT Motor (Shenzhen) Industrial Co.

5. The Problem
China America
Changzhou Smart Automation Motor Manufacturing Co.
TT Motor (Shenzhen) Industrial Co.
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Ningbo Feihong Precision Motor Co.

6. The Problem
China America
Ningbo Feihong Precision Motor Co.
Changzhou Smart Automation Motor Manufacturing Co.
TT Motor (Shenzhen) Industrial Co.

7. Founder Jack Ma

8. Founder Jack Ma
“When we started, nobody believed that
China would have e-commerce because
people believe in ‘guanxi’ (relationship),
face-to-face, and all kinds of networking
and traditional ways. There was no
trusting system in China.”

9. History
1999
Alibaba is
founded in
Guangzhou.
2003
Taobao is
launched.
2004
Spins off
and
launches
Alipay.
2014
Goes public in
NYSE. Claims
title for
largest global
IPO ever.
2009
Alibaba Cloud
is established.

11. Products

12. Business Model
Advertising on Alibaba platforms
Taking small transaction fees
Other products non retail products/services

13. Competition
Domestic Global

14. Financial - Profitable

15. Financial – Growing Revenue

16. Financial – Diversified Revenue

17. Financial – Struggling share price

18. Prediction
Business model is sound and diversified.
Share of revenue drawing from China online retail operations has
increased.
Depends on China’s economic growth.