Ma Yun, who turned around smartly, left a wonderful story for this Jianghu.
First, he left Alibaba with a team of valiant soldiers, and second, he left Ali with a set of values deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The mighty Ali Empire
At present, Alibaba's core businesses include Taobao, Tmall, Juhua, rural Taobao, Ali Mama, Ali Global Purchase, and Lazada, an e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. Digital entertainment services include Youku Tudou, Ali Music and UC. Innovation and other businesses refer to Gaode map and office software.
Ali Empire has set foot in dozens of fields, including e-commerce, group buying, finance, third-party payment, film and television, media, tourism, real estate, etc., which basically covers all fields of service industry. In addition to its own business, Ali also expands its business map by investing in mergers and acquisitions, which is Ali's ecological layout. By July of 20 18, Alibaba had disclosed more than 50 investment events at the group level, with a total investment exceeding 100 billion yuan, which was close to its total investment last year.
In April this year, Alibaba and Ant Financial completed a wholly-owned acquisition of Hungry for $9.5 billion. After the transaction is completed, Zhang, the founder of Hungry, will be the chairman of Hungry, and the vice president of Alibaba Group will be the CEO of Hungry. Alibaba's new retail strategy has made a major breakthrough in the in-depth expansion of local life services.
A month later, Ali Health acquired Ali JK medical products for HK$ 654.38+006 billion. Alibaba, Rookie Network and ZTO Express announced a strategic investment agreement. Alibaba, Cainiao, etc. invested 65.438+0.38 billion USD in ZTO Express, holding about 654.38+00% shares. The two sides will jointly explore new logistics opportunities and promote the digital upgrading of the industry. Xiaohongshu informed internally that the company has completed a new round of financing of more than 300 million US dollars, which was led by Ali. In late July, Alibaba Group and its related parties will invest in Focus Media with a strategy of about 654.38+0.5 billion yuan.
Different from Tencent's financial investment logic, Ali pays more attention to strategic investment. In the 20 18 fiscal year report released by Ali, it is clearly stated that it will not invest and acquire for purely financial reasons, but will focus on strengthening Ali's ecosystem, creating strategic synergy and improving the overall value of the company.