Alibaba
E-commerce, cloud and AI · China
Alibaba runs Taobao, Tmall, AliExpress and other marketplaces, delivery and logistics, and Alibaba Cloud, and is building AI models and apps on top.
What makes it different
Alibaba owns a third of Ant Group, which runs Alipay.
33%Equity stake in Ant GroupFY2026
Alipay provides payment and escrow services to Alibaba's marketplaces.
How big it is
How big is Alibaba?
131,462EmployeesFY2026
64M88VIP members2026
RMB1,023.7BRevenueFY2026 (Apr 2025-Mar 2026)
How it makes money FY2026
Marketing fees lead; goods, logistics and cloud follow.
- Customer management45%RMB459.9B
- Sales of goods22%RMB227.7B
- Logistics services14%RMB139.9B
- Cloud services11%RMB112.1B
- Other8%
How the business works
Marketplaces fund the cloud.
- 1Shoppers and merchants
- 2Marketing and commission fees
- 3Cloud and AI computing
Marketplace earnings pay for a rapidly growing cloud and AI infrastructure build-out.
Who owns it
- All directors and executive officers as a group1.9%
- Joseph C. Tsai1.5%
CEO: Eddie Yongming Wu
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1999Alibaba Group is incorporated
- 2014Listing on the New York Stock Exchange
- 201933% stake in Ant Group received
- 2024Hong Kong becomes a primary listing
- 2025Qwen app launched
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Alibaba's own reports.
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal year ended 31 March 2026 ↗
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal year ended 31 March 2024 ↗
- Alibaba Group Announces June Quarter 2026 Results (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) ↗
- Announcement of the March Quarter 2026 Results and Full Fiscal Year 2026 Results (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) ↗
Full profile
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What Alibaba tracks3 metrics
88VIP members
Users of Qwen AI shopping
Employees
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The full timeline12 moments
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