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It's pretty common for Western companies to adopt this holding firm type structure, as the article points out it echoes Google's restructuring to Alphabet.
by Barrin92 4y ago
It's pretty common for Western companies to adopt this holding firm type structure, as the article points out it echoes Google's restructuring to Alphabet.
- jewba 4y agoAlthough you could say that the outcome could be considered the same, the motivations behind it are completely different, as the parent comment mentions
- meh8881 4y agoIt cannot remain a holding company if these businesses are expected to IPO though, can it?
- johngalt_ 4y agoThey can keep a stake in the companies after the IPOs, even higher than 50%.
- culturestate 4y agoSure it could. There's nothing (other than the government, presumably) stopping them from listing six separate companies with, for example, dual-class share structures that leave substantially all voting power to Alibaba Holdings Ltd.