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Founded : 1994 , Bellevue , Washington , USA

Revenue : $ 113bn

Born in Jeff Bezos ’ humble garage , Amazon – like Alibaba in China – helps entrepreneurs sell to online shoppers .

The company is now striving to build resilience into its supply chain by predicting disruptive factors and events , such as extreme weather cycles , via technology . Its forecasting programmes are enabled through a partnership with Oracle Supply Chain . What ’ s more , Amazon continues to expand its private fleet of long-haul and lastmile delivery trucks , reducing its reliance on UPS and FedEx .

Founded : 1999 , Hangzhou , China

Revenue : $ 109bn

“ My job is to help more people have jobs ,” said Jack Ma , the founder of Alibaba who started the company from his apartment in Hangzhou , China , in 1999 . Ma created a platform to help small to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) grow their customer base , helping Alibaba go on to become one of the biggest ecommerce sites in the world .

For SMBs struggling to get a foothold in the supply chain jungle , Ma has this advice : “ Never give up ."

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