JD.com

JD.com (Jingdong) is a publicly listed e-commerce and technology enterprise, incorporated in 1998 and headquartered in Beijing. The company trades on NASDAQ since 2014 and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2020, and ranks 44th on the Fortune Global 500. It employs more than 776,000 people worldwide, making it one of the largest employers in China.

The business spans six segments: JD Retail, its core online retail operation serving over 700 million annual active customers in China; JD Logistics, which operates more than 3,600 warehouses covering upwards of 34 million square metres and delivers same-day or next-day for 90% of retail orders across the country; JD Health, providing online healthcare and pharmaceutical services; JD Technology, supplying AI, cloud and enterprise technology solutions; JD Industrials, covering industrial solutions and B2B procurement; and JD Property, its real estate and logistics property arm.

Its technical work covers artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, automation, and supply chain, e-commerce and logistics technology. Operating across China, Europe, Southeast Asia and North America, the company is active in e-commerce and retail, logistics and supply chain, healthcare, industrial solutions, technology services and logistics property. It was founded by Richard Qiangdong Liu from a single retail store selling magneto-optical products.