PROMOTIONS-
ALIBABA GROUP-
The group began in 1999 when Jack Ma founded the website Alibaba.com, a business-to-business
portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. In 2012, two of Alibaba's portals
handled 1.1 trillion yuan ($170 billion) in sales.[4]
At closing time on the date of its initial public offering (IPO), 19 September 2014, Alibaba's market
value was US$231 billion