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Alibaba's Executive Shuffle 12/20/23

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Management, Cnbc, Tech, Faang, Investing, Business, Disruptors, Technology

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Alibaba reshuffles its executive team as rivals gain steam

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0:00.0

So if we've seen the rise of the magnificent seven here this year China has the big four

0:05.1

the emergence of its own new tech leaders that's pin duo duo she and bite dance and

0:08.9

Huawei their rise both at home and abroad is really coincided with the remarkable decline of

0:14.6

Ali Baba which is of course the former poster child of Chinese tech strength and

0:18.6

innovation. Now Baba's latest attempt to win back investor confidence, it is another executive

0:23.8

shake up this time giving its CEO greater control over its e-commerce

0:28.2

business and this is a move that consolidates power around him Eddie Wu as Jack Ma continues to stay out of the picture.

0:35.6

But this also comes after Alibaba has already lost its crown to Pinduadu as China's most valuable

0:41.2

e-commerce company.

0:42.8

PDD along with Sheehan has done what Ali Baba was never able to do

0:46.1

and that has captured the American consumer.

0:49.0

But the Shakeup in Chinese tech,

0:50.6

it is even broader and more dramatic than what has happened in e-commerce this year.

0:54.8

Huawei's smartphone business, it was left for dead a few years ago under the effects of US sanctions.

1:00.4

This year, however, it has released a smartphone powered by its own made in China chip and ridden a patriotic buying spree that has put Apple on the backfoot.

1:09.7

Then there's of course Tik-Tok Parent Bike Dance, which is reportedly on track to overtake

1:14.2

another Chinese Tech Giant 10 cents revenue this year and continues to be the

1:18.0

world's most valuable startup. So guys it could be interesting to think of this as

1:21.8

two buckets emerging the old

1:23.6

guard and the new guard in China no longer our investors excited about the so-called

1:27.4

ex-group that's China's answer to our fang made up a bidu alibaba

1:31.9

tencent and chowmei all eyes have shifted our fang made up a Baidu, Alibaba, Tansant, and Shao Me.

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