And these two take-away giants have always competed with each other and developed with each other; At the same time, there is also strong capital support behind these two takeaway giants. Among them, behind the US Mission, there is Tencent's investment support from Ma, and Ma does not only invest in the US Mission. According to the investment community, Tencent Industrial Investment Fund, a related company of Tencent, has invested in Shenzhen Longzhu Equity Investment Fund, whose actual controller is Wang Xing, the founder of Meituan. In other words, Ma once again invested in Wang Xing's fund.
This is not the first time Tencent has invested in the fund of Meituan Department. As early as 20 17, 1 1, the newly established Meituan Longzhu Capital completed its first delivery, and the main investors included Tencent. Today, Tencent once again invested in the Dragon Ball Capital Joint Fund, which also made the outside world officially pay attention to Tencent's LP map. The so-called LP, that is, the limited partner, commonly known as "the financial owner's father", is an investor of venture capital institutions. Four years ago, Tencent became Wang Xing's LP, and now Tencent once again shares in Meituan Longzhu Capital.
With the rise of the take-away industry, there are more employees. According to the data, there are currently 5 million take-away food delivery workers in China, which reduces the pressure of social employment. In emerging industries, the take-out of catering is one of the best, which was completely unimaginable in the 1970s and 1980s. In this "takeaway" industry, the leaders are "Meituan" and "Hungry". Everyone can order food on these platforms, and they can enjoy the food they once had to eat out at home.
Alibaba acquisition is hungry!
Speaking of the US Mission, I believe everyone can definitely think of being hungry. After all, these two companies have always been bitter rivals, just like Ali and Tencent, but unlike the US group take-out, online and offline take-out delivery services are the main ones from the beginning when you are hungry, and the US group take-out is a big business developed on the basis of group buying; When Zhang, the founder of Hungry, was still a student, he developed an online ordering system in the dormitory, hoping to facilitate his life and study in this way.
In order to make up his mind to start a business, Zhang even gave up the opportunity to study PhD at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and worked hard to start a business with several partners. In order to develop hungry takeout, each of them is desperate; Scrambling together some money, we began to formally develop take-away food when we were hungry. After a period of development, take-away food has become famous in the industry and is favored by capital!
Later, with the advent of the mobile Internet era, Zhang took aim at this opportunity and sold it to Hungry! Meituan's take-out mainly relies on the existence of its app, and take-out is only one of its businesses. And "Hungry" is a software that focuses on take-out from the beginning. It's been 12 years. Three years ago, Zhang sold "Hungry" to Ma Yun and earned 66.5 billion yuan. Simply put, Alibaba bought it. Are you hungry?
So, why did Alibaba do this?
First of all, the take-away industry in China is very hot at present, which can bring huge profits every day. Because there are more users who choose to order take-out, the general take-out price will be a little more expensive, and there is a delivery fee, so the take-out industry is still very profitable. Hungry, especially as half of the take-away industry, can bring huge economic benefits every day, and it will only get hotter and hotter as time goes by.
In fact, it is not a bad thing that Alibaba and Hungry are bound together. With the support of Alibaba, if you are hungry, you will become stronger, your service will be more thoughtful and your service will be more extensive. In the future, we may not only see hungry takeout, but also see express delivery in the future. Hungry or not, the mall can't say for sure. After all, Alibaba is full of infinite possibilities. If you are hungry, of course, there are endless possibilities.
And what about the founder who is hungry now?
20 19, 19/On October 28th, Hurun Research Institute released "20 19 Hurun Rich List after 80s", and Zhang ranked19 with 5.5 billion yuan. In 2020, Reng Zhang became the chairman of Hungry, and made the list of the new 500 richest people in 2020 with a wealth of 9.2 billion yuan. I have to say, this is also a leader among entrepreneurs born after 1980s. In fact, judging from the enterprises acquired by Ali in the past, it is not uncommon for the founders to gradually fade out, and Zhang seems to be no exception.
At present, Zhang is studying biomedicine and other fields that he has never set foot in before, and he has left more time for his family. This also proves that his original decision was correct. Instead of starving and destroying, let it be reborn. This may be an original idea. As Reng Zhang is the strongest rival of Meituan, what will happen to the take-away industry in the future? Let's wait and see.