Der chinesische Onlinehandelsriese Alibaba plant wohl noch dieses Jahr an die Börse zu gehen. Wie groß Alibaba ist, vor allem im Vergleich zu den Riesen Amazon und Ebay, wird in einem aktuellen WSJ-Artikel deutlich gemacht:
In 2013, the combined transaction volume of Taobao and another Alibaba-run shopping site called Tmall reached $240 billion, says a person with knowledge of the figure.
The total is more than double the size of Amazon.com Inc., triple the size of eBay Inc. and one-third larger than the value of all the transactions last year at the two U.S.-based e-commerce giants combined.
Auf dem Marktplatz von Alibaba findet laut Wall Street Journal 80 Prozent des chinesischen Onlinehandels statt. Alibaba wächst trotzdem noch rasant weiter, wie Tech in Asia berichtet:
The Chinese ecommerce juggernaut pulled in US$3.06 billion in revenue in Q4 2014, which is up 66 percent on the same period a year before. Alibaba’s Q4 net income hit $1.36 billion in net income in Q4, which has more than doubled (up 110 percent) from the previous year.
Interessant an Alibaba ist auch, dass sie ebenso wie Amazon ihre liquiden Mittel nutzen, um in (nur) auf den ersten Blick onlinehandelsferne Bereiche zu investieren.
The Next Web fasst ein paar Investments von Alibaba zusammen:
This year alone, its deals have included:
$804 million: A majority stake in TV and film production company ChinaVision Media Group
$215 million: Lead investor in latest funding round for messaging app Tango
$692 million: For a 35 percent stake in department store operator Intime
$1.5 billion: To fully acquire mapping firm Autonavi
Undisclosed: Part of $250 million funding round for Lyft
$1 billion: Alibaba-affiliated investment firm bought a 20 percent share in Web TV operator Wasu Media