Six smaller Babas instead of one big Ali • Table.Briefings

Alibaba splits itself into six independent business units. The company wants to become more attractive, especially to investors. Above all, the new subsidiaries are meant to better adapt to new situations than the old mega-company. Because the time of simple growth is over.

The internet giant Alibaba will get a holding structure. It will split into six subsidiaries. These are to take care of their finances independently. One of the most important goals here: They are to independently pursue IPOs, as the company announced on Tuesday. With this step, the most important business areas of the 220 billion dollar empire – from e-commerce to media to the cloud – are more flexible than ever before.

Six smaller Babas instead of one big Alibaba

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