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China Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, known as the co-founder of Alibaba Group and the Jack Ma Foundation.
In 1999, he co-founded Alibaba Group, initially as a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace and later expanded into a multinational technology conglomerate.
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He was rejected from a job at KFC when it first came to his city; out of 24 applicants, 23 were accepted, and he was the only one rejected.
In October 1999 and January 2000, Alibaba won a total of a $25 million foreign venture seed capital from the American investment bank, Goldman Sachs and the Japanese investment management conglomerate SoftBank.
Ma rejected their offer, instead garnering support from Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang who offered a $1 billion investment in upfront capital for the potential purpose of expanding Alibaba's corporate operations.
As of 2016, Ma is the owner of Château de Sours in Bordeaux, France.
As of 2016, Ma is the owner of Château Guerry in Côtes de Bourg, France.
As of 2016, Ma is the owner of Château Perenne in Blaye, Côtes de Bordeaux, France.
On 9 January 2017, Ma met with United States president-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, to discuss the potential of 1 million job openings in the following five years through the expansion of the presence of Alibaba's business interests in the United States.
In the same month, Ma also partnered with Hong Kong business tycoon, Sir Li Ka-shing in a joint venture to offer a digital wallet service in Hong Kong.
In 2017, Ma made his acting debut with his first kung fu short film Gong Shou Dao, directed by Wen Zhang and produced by Jet Li.
Ma became a trustee of The Nature Conservancy's China program in 2009 and joined its global board of directors in April 2010.
Jack Ma, born Ma Yun on September 10, 1964, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, dedicated his youth to learning English. He practiced with foreign tourists, even acting as a tour guide for nine years, and eventually became fluent. Despite facing numerous rejections in his early career, including from KFC and Harvard Business School, Ma graduated from Hangzhou Normal University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and became a lecturer at Hangzhou Dianzi University. His early encounters with the internet in 1995 profoundly impacted his career direction.
In 1994, Ma founded his first venture, Hangzhou Hope Translation Agency, which later led to him establishing one of China’s earliest internet startups, Hangzhou Hope Computer Services Co., Ltd., offering online yellow pages. After an acquisition by China Telecommunications Corporation and a period working for China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ma co-founded Alibaba Group in 1999 with 17 friends. This business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace quickly expanded into a multinational technology conglomerate. Alibaba secured significant seed capital from Goldman Sachs and SoftBank between 1999 and 2000, totaling $25 million.
Under Ma’s leadership as executive chairman, Alibaba Group achieved profitability within three years and expanded its offerings significantly by 2003, launching Taobao Marketplace, Alipay, Ali Mama, and Lynx. In 2011, a corporate restructuring led to Alipay becoming an independent entity. Ma stepped down as Alibaba’s CEO in 2013 but remained as executive chairman until 2019, focusing more on philanthropy through the Jack Ma Foundation. His influence diminished somewhat after 2020 following regulatory challenges concerning Ant Group, but he maintains an advisory role and has recently engaged in academic pursuits.
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