Taobao is a Chinese online shopping website similar to eBay, Amazon and Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese electronic commerce and Internet company based in Tokyo, and founded in 1997 by who?
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Taobao Taobao () is a Chinese online shopping website similar to eBay, Amazon and Rakuten, which is operated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang by Alibaba Group.
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Rakuten Rakuten, Inc. (楽天株式会社 , Rakuten Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese electronic commerce and Internet company based in Tokyo and founded in 1997 by Hiroshi Mikitani. Its B2B2C e-commerce platform Rakuten Ichiba is the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales. The company operates Japan's biggest Internet bank and third-largest credit card company (by transaction value). It also offers e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications services to over 1 billion members around the world, and operates in 29 countries and regions. It is often referred to as "the Amazon of Japan."
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G.Communication G.Communication, also abbreviated as G.com, is a Japanese kabushiki kaisha based in Nagoya, Japan. The company is an operator of restaurant chains, "juku" (cram schools), and "eikaiwa" (language schools).
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Eric Berlow Eric L. Berlow is an American ecologist and entrepreneur who co-founded Vibrant Data Inc. which was acquired by Rakuten Inc. His academic research is in the fields of ecology and complexity and food webs.
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Hobonichi Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun (ほぼ日刊イトイ新聞 ) , also known as Hobonichi (ほぼ日 ) , is a Japanese company that designs and produces various daily life products like Haramaki and the Techo notebook. The company was founded by Shigesato Itoi on June 6, 1998. Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata was the IT manager for the company since its inception, and in 2007 was still the IT manager for Hobonichi despite also leading Nintendo.
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Jet.com Jet.com is an American e-commerce company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company was cofounded by entrepreneur Marc Lore (who had sold his previous company, Diapers.com, to Amazon.com) along with Mike Hanrahan and Nate Faust, and has raised $820 million over four venture rounds from firms including Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital Ventures, Accel Partners, Alibaba Group, and Fidelity. The site was publicly launched in July 2015.
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ABBAMAIL ABBAMAIL was an ABBA fan organisation on the Internet, based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Graeme Read and Grant Whittingham on 13 January 1997. The web site featured monthly columns, regular news updates, and a comprehensive archive including pictures, press releases and original articles. Revenue for the web site came from a subscription based e-mail list and an online store. It also contained a subscription-free forum and chat room. ABBAMAIL claimed to be one of the popular ABBA fan sites on the web, with over 25,000 unique hits per month. The web site was closed on 28 October 2008.
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Naukri.com Naukri.com is an Indian job portal operating in India founded in March 1997.
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Mixi Mixi (ミクシィ , mikushī , stylized as mixi) is an online Japanese social networking service. It was founded in 1999 and is owned by Mixi, Inc. (). As of September 2012, Mixi had about 14 million monthly active users, with about 8.6 million of those on smartphones. Mixi, Inc. was founded by Kenji Kasahara in 1999 as a limited liability company and became a Japanese corporation in 2000. The company changed its name to Mixi, Inc. from E-Mercury, Inc. in February 2006 to align its name with the social networking service. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Razer Inc. Razer USA Ltd., doing business as Razer Inc. (stylized as RΛZΞR), is a Singaporean-founded American company founded by Min-Liang Tan and Robert Krakoff, and headquartered in San Francisco, California, which specializes in computer hardware marketed specifically to gamers. Razer is dedicated to the creation and development of products mainly focused on PC gaming such as laptops, tablet computer, various PC peripherals, wearables, and accessories. The Razer brand is currently being marketed under Razer USA Ltd.
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Tech ARP Tech ARP ("pronounced as Tech Up"), is a Malaysian technology news and information website created by Adrian Wong in 1997. It publishes news, reviews and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games.
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2channel 2channel (2ちゃんねる , ni channeru , 2ch for short) is a Japanese textboard. In 2007, 2.5 million posts were made every day. Launched in 1999, it has gained significant influence in Japanese society, comparable to that of traditional mass media such as television, radio, and magazines. During 2008 the site generated an annual revenue upwards of ¥100 million for its founder Hiroyuki Nishimura. The website was previously operated under Packet Monster Inc., a company based in Chinatown, Singapore, between 2009 and 2014. It has been described as "Japan’s most popular online community, with around ten million users accessing it each day."
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Ozon.ru OZON.ru is the first Russian online retailer. It was established in 1998 by the Russian software house Reksoft. Its main goods are books, electronics, music, and movies. The key shareholders are Baring Vostok, Index Ventures, AFK SIstema and MTS, ru-Net, Rakuten, Intel Capital, Holzbrink and Cisco.
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Woot Woot (originally W00t) is an American Internet retailer based in the suburb of Carrollton, Texas in Dallas. Founded by electronics wholesaler Matt Rutledge, it debuted on July 12, 2004. Woot's main web site generally offers only one discounted product each day, often a piece of computer hardware or an electronic gadget. Other Woot sites offer daily deals for t-shirts, wine, children's items, household goods, and two other sites that offer various items. On June 30, 2010, Woot announced an agreement to be acquired by Amazon.com.
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Fumitaro Ohama Fumitaro Ohama, born in 1971, is a Japanese internet entrepreneur, founded Japan's first mega mobile site,"girlswaler.com". Ohama also established "fashionwalker.com" with Japan's major portal site, Yahoo! Japan(SoftBank group), became the president and CEO of the owning 17 group companies, Xavel Inc.(Branding Inc.)
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JobStreet.com JobStreet.com is a job portal founded in 1997. Founded in Malaysia, it is now Southeast Asia's largest online employment company, according to Forbes. It currently serves about 80000 corporate customers and 11 million jobseekers. Even as early as in July 2010, the Group services over 60,000 corporate customers and over 7 million jobseekers. As of 2016 the total revenue of jobstreet in the philippines is PHP 2.04 Billion
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Ray Chan (businessman) Ray Chan (born 1984) is the CEO and co-founder of online platform for humor 9GAG. Along with his team of four, he started the website as a side project.
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AT-X (company) AT-X (アニメシアターX , Anime Shiatā Ekkusu , lit. "Anime Theater X") is a Japanese anime television network owned by AT-X, Inc. (株式会社エー・ティー・エックス , Kabushiki kaisha Ē-Tī-Ekkusu ) . AT-X, Inc. was founded on June 26, 2000 as a subsidiary of "TV Tokyo Medianet", which, in turn, is a subsidiary of TV Tokyo(TXN). Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo. AT-X network has been broadcasting anime via satellite and cable since December 24, 1997.
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Zonbu Zonbu is a technology company that markets a computing platform which combines a web-centric service, a small form factor PC, and an open source based software architecture. Zonbu was founded by Alain Rossmann (previously Founder and CEO of Openwave) and Gregoire Gentil (previously co-founder of Twingo Systems).
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HTC HTC Corporation () is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Founded in 1997, HTC began as an original design manufacturer and original equipment manufacturer, designing and manufacturing devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
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AliExpress Launched in 2010, AliExpress.com is an online retail service made up of small businesses in China and elsewhere offering products to international online buyers. It is owned by Alibaba. AliExpress is the most visited e-commerce website in Russia and was the 10th most popular website in Brazil.
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Oodle, Inc. Oodle, Inc. is an online marketplace based out of San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2004 by ex-Excite executives Craig Donato, Scott Kister and Faith Sedlin.