Alibaba is also a huge player in e-commerce, who just filed for a nominal $1 billion market cap IPO, though it's estimated to be in the $200 billion range. [1]

Alibaba is also a huge player in e-commerce, who just filed for a nominal $1 billion market cap IPO, though it's estimated to be in the $200 billion range. [1] However, Alibaba was founded in 1999, so it was founded around the same time as ebay and amazon, so this might actually further support the author's point. [1]: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101598851 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101598851