Alibaba is a Chinese e-commerce company founded in 1999 that operates several platforms including Taobao (C2C), Tmall (B2C), and Alibaba.com (B2B). It has a market capitalization of $211 billion and net income of $3.81 billion in 2014. Alibaba has experienced rapid growth since its founding, becoming profitable in 2001 with over 1 million users, and had the largest IPO in history when it went public in 2014. It is led by founder and spiritual leader Jack Ma, who has helped guide its strategic focus on the fast-growing Chinese market through platforms like Taobao that have generated over $1.6 billion in annual revenue each.