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billion

A2
UK /ˈbɪljən/US /ˈbɪljən/
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1 000 000 000; one thousand million

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Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of Alibaba | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management video example

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Today we have a special guest visiting—uh, called Joe Tsai—chair and co-founder of one of the world's largest companies, with more than 1 billion consumers, called Alibaba—a giant.

Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of Alibaba

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