Back in 2010 and 2011, Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman and then–chief executive Jack Ma and executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai were under pressure. Executives at Yahoo!, which owned a 40 percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant, were under the gun from their own investors to cut corporate debt and extract value from their prized asset, and they wanted to sell down their stake. The problem: The Alibaba executives were struggling to find buyers.

A look at how Pure Math's technical leaders helped transform their previous startup from a community website into a data-driven AI company whose technical and data science foundations ultimately led to its acquisition by Yahoo. Their work shows how thoughtful architecture, scalable infrastructure, and applied data science can turn early experiments into lasting business value.

<p>NEW YORK, Sept. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) today announced that funds managed by its affiliates (the “Apollo Funds”) have completed...</p>