what will most likely be the largest initial public offering of this generation — Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. Alibaba dwarfs Amazon.com by sales volume — $160 billion in 2012 compared with $86 billion for Amazon, according to RetailNet Group. Its I.P.O. could value the company at more than $150 billion, more than the I.P.O. value of either Facebook or Google.

The Man Behind Alibaba's Eventual I.P.O. - NYTimes.com Saturday, February 1, 2014 @ 9:08pm