Remembering when Alibaba was a tough sell

Everyone is keen to bankroll Alibaba today but just three years ago early-stage investors such as Silver Lake faced scepticism about investing in the Chinese ecommerce giant.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is a market superstar but back in 2011 when US technology private equity firm Silver Lake first invested in the company, it wasn't such an easy sell.

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