leslie dicker is joining us from new york.hat exactly is alibaba doing and how is it different than facebook and zynga and other structures? >> this dual class structure is fairly uncommon with the exception of media companies. there are companies where there has been a history of family ownership like berkshire hathaway. it's becoming more common in technology? yes, lately we have seen that more in technology. we had a lot of these companies become public that had crummy results. outside investors have been unable to get active and forced zynga and groupon and others to change their behavior because the insiders don't control the majority of the company but they control the majority of the voting shares. the alley about the situation is different that the board would have separate power than the regular shareholders. >> break it down for us, how would this alibaba situation work? >> the partnership will be given an unequivocal right to nominate the board members for the ipo which then the shareholders vote and approve. that's