SoftBank to sell Alibaba shares, raise $7.9 billion
But will continue to be the largest shareholder of the ecommerce giant June 3, 2016: Japan’s SoftBank announced that it will sell at least $7.9 billion in shares of China-based ecommerce giant Alibaba to raise capital. Softbank is Alibaba’s largest shareholder. It owns about 32 percent of the shares. The transactions will bring the figure...