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The following is a List of companies owned by Alibaba Group which includes companies it has launched, acquired, or invested in.

Launched

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Date Company Business Country References
2003 Taobao Online shopping  China [1]
2004 Alipay E-commerce payment system  China [2]
2004 AliExpress Online shopping  China [3][4]

Acquisitions

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Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Comments References
2014 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. Association football team  China $192M 50 percent stake purchased from Evergrande Real Estate [5]
2014 Alibaba Pictures Film industry  China $804M Originally purchased a controlling interest in 2014 which was diluted through financing. In 2019 it increased its equity for a 51 percent controlling interest. [6][7]
2016 Youku Tudou Online video platform  China $4B [8]
2016 Lazada E-Commerce  Singapore $1.6B Initial $500 million for controlling interest in 2016. Purchased additional 8.6 percent of company from Tesco in 2016 for $129 million. Invested an additional $1B in 2017 for total stake of 83 percent. [9][10][11]
2016 South China Morning Post Newspaper  China $266M [12]
2017 Intime Department Store Department store  China $2.6B Originally invested $692 million in 2014 prior to acquisition in 2017. [13]

Investments

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Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Comments References
2014 Lyft Ridesharing company  United States — Led US$250 million investment along with Coatue Management and Andreessen Horowitz. [14]
2014 Suning.com Retail  China $4.6B $4.6 billion investment for 19.9 percent stake in company. Suning.com also invested $2.28 billion to take a 1.1 percent stake in Alibaba Group. [15]

References

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  1. ^ Erisman, Porter (27 May 2020). "I was a VP at Alibaba during the SARS crisis in 2003. Here's what Jack Ma did to unite our team, accelerate revenue, and launch a new business amid the uncertainty of a pandemic". Business Insider. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ Engen, John. "Lessons from a Mobile Payment Revolution". American Banker. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ Dowsett, Sonya (2020-03-03). "Alibaba's AliExpress warns of possible coronavirus delays". U.S. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  4. ^ "How a pandemic led the world to start shopping on Alibaba". Financial Times. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  5. ^ "Alibaba Buys Into Soccer Team After Billionaires' Drinks". www.bloomberg.com. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  6. ^ "Alibaba buys ChinaVision stake for $804 million; gains TV, movie content". Reuters. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ Frater, Patrick (15 May 2019). "Alibaba is Able to Withstand Mounting Media Losses as Profits hit $12 Billion". Variety. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ Frater, Patrick (5 April 2016). "Alibaba Completes $4 Billion Takeover of Youku Tudou". Variety. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ Chen, Lulu Yilun; Wang, Selina (12 April 2016). "Alibaba Expands in Southeast Asia With $1 Billion Lazada Deal". Bloomberg.
  10. ^ "Tesco starts sell-off ahead of results with Asian disposal". BBC News. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ^ Russell, Jon. "Alibaba ups its stake in International's Lazada with $1 billion investment". TechCrunch. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  12. ^ Barrett, Eamon (17 March 2022). "The CEO of Hong Kong's 118-year-old, Alibaba-owned newspaper is quitting to sell NFTs". Fortune. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  13. ^ Russell, Jon (10 August 2015). "Alibaba Buys 20% Of Chinese Retail Giant Suning For $4.6B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Lyft Raises $250 Million From Coatue, Alibaba, And Third Point To Expand Internationally". TechCrunch. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  15. ^ Russell, Jon (10 August 2015). "Alibaba Buys 20% Of Chinese Retail Giant Suning For $4.6B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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