Alibaba IPO: Everything You Need To Know About What Is Expected To Be Largest IPO

The initial public offering of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., a once-obscure Chinese e-commerce site turned into global rival of Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., rocketed into financial history Friday on the New York Stock Exchange as the largest IPO in history. Here are seven things to know about the Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) IPO: 1. Jack Ma is expected to gross at least $867 million in the IPO. 2. Only 320 million shares, or 13 percent of the company's capital, are being offered in the IPO.