The Western expansion of the Chinese digital mega-companies is underway. One of these gigantic companies is the Chinese digital shopping conglomerate Alibaba who recently had its own American IPO.

Alibaba is often referred to as the Chinese Amazon (without the fulfillment element). With stats like the ones below, one can understand the general comparison.

One thing to keep in mind is that the Alibaba Group is actually made up of a number of smaller companies including:

Taobao, Tmall, Alipay, Juhuasuan, AliExpress, Alibaba.com, 1688.com, eTao, Aliyun, China Yahoo!, Laiwang, Yu’E Bao, AutoNavi, Cainiao, Chinavision, Alimama, SM.cn and 11 Main.

Alibaba also has sizable interests in a number of other large digital companies including: Weibo, Youku Tudou, Shoprunner, Tango, Singapore Post and UCWeb.

Here are a few of the more interesting Alibaba statistics we were able to dig up…

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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from Alibaba’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.

Alibaba Facts

Alibaba Website: alibaba.com
Alibaba Launch Year: 1999
Alibaba Headquarters: Hangzhou, China
Alibaba Creator: Jack Ma
Alibaba Mobile App: iOS App
Alibaba Mobile App: Android App
What is Alibaba?

Alibaba Group’s mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere. We enable businesses to transform the way they market, sell and operate. We provide the fundamental technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands and other businesses to leverage the power of the Internet to engage with their users and customers. Our businesses are comprised of core commerce, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, innovation initiatives and others. Through our subsidiary Cainiao Network and investee affiliate Koubei, respectively, we participate in the logistics and local services sectors. In addition, we have a strategic relationship with Ant Financial Services, the financial services group that operates mainly through Alipay, the leading third-party online payment platform in China. (source)