硅谷内部圈子如何看阿里巴巴

2014-09-25 14:48:49来源：可可英语

　　When it comes to investments, however, Alibaba has been making its presence felt. It hiredMichael Zeisser, a seasoned dealmaking executive from John Malone’s Liberty Media, to run itsU.S.-based corporate development. (It’s hard to imagine a Chinese biz-dev executive puttinghis email on the web to solicit investments.) It also has hired seasoned public-relations as wellas investor-relations talent in Jim Wilkinson, a former press aide for Henry Paulson at the U.S.Treasury, and Jane Penner, a Google veteran. These U.S.-based hires undoubtedly were mostlyabout ensuring a smooth IPO, but they also will be available for any future push on U.S. soil.

　　但具体到投资，阿里巴巴已经在美国市场有所建树。其从约翰o马龙的自由传媒(Liberty Media)挖来了经验丰富的交易高管迈克尔o赛泽，让他负责美国分公司发展。(很难想象一位中国业务拓展主管将其电子邮箱地址放在网上招揽投资。)他们还聘请了公关和投资者关系专家、美国前财长亨利o保尔森的新闻助理吉姆o威尔金森以及谷歌老将简o彭纳。很显然，阿里巴巴的这些招募活动主要是为了确保IPO顺利进行，但同样可以在今后开展美国业务时让他们派上用场。

　　The investments themselves are varied and high dollar value, and each can be viewed astargeting a potential non-Chinese competitor. Alibaba plunked down more than $200 millionfor a 39% stake in Shoprunner, the Amazon Prime competitor headed by ex-Yahoo CEO ScottThompson. More recently it joined several U.S. venture capital firms in investing in Lyft, whichpresumably buttresses its China-based taxi strategy that Miguel Helft wrote about last week onFortune.com. (Taxis essentially are a payments play to Alibaba, putting it in potentialconflict with the likes of eBay and now Apple.) Alibaba took a $120-million stake in SanFrancisco game developer Kabam, which already had a studio in China.

　　这些投资种类各异，金额不低，每一笔似乎都瞄准了潜在的海外竞争对手。阿里巴巴花费2亿多美元收购了Shoprunner 39%的股份，后者由雅虎前首席执行官斯科特o汤普森领导，是亚马逊金牌服务(AmazonPrime)的竞争对手。阿里巴巴最近还与多家美国风险投资公司共同入股了租车服务公司Lyft，这可能也是为了支持其在中国实施的出租车战略。上周米格尔o赫夫特在《财富》杂志网站(Fortune.com)上撰写了一篇有关该主题的文章。[事实上，租车行业是阿里巴巴支付战略的一部分，可能将因此与eBay和苹果公司(Apple)形成竞争关系。]阿里巴巴还斥资1.2亿美元入股了旧金山游戏开发商Kabam，后者已经在中国开设了工作室。

　　For its IPO, Alibaba is coming to the U.S., its current best opportunity to raise capital.Watching how it spend that money in the U.S. will an interesting next chapter.

　　通过IPO，阿里巴巴即将登陆美国资本市场，这是目前其筹集资金的最佳机会。以后阿里巴巴将如何在美国花这笔钱，将非常值得关注。 )

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