Jack Ma Yun is an investor and philanthropist.
He is the co-founder of the company.
Ma is also the co-founder of a Chinese private equity firm.
There was a net worth of $34 as of June 2023.
Ma is the fourth-wealthiest person in China and the 39th wealthiest person in the world.
Ma earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English after graduating from the Normal University in 1988.
He became an international trade lecturer at the university.
Ma's interest in the internet industry was sparked by the rise and expansion of the software and personal-computer industries.
He established his first business in 1994 and formed a second company after acquiring a deeper understanding of the internet's emergence and promising commercial prospects.
He left China Telecommunications Corporation in 1998 and started the Alibaba Group with his colleagues in 1999.
The company was initially founded as a B2B e-commerce marketplace website, but later expanded into a wide range of industry domains across the Chinese economy, including e-commerce, high-technology, and online payment solutions.
Ma was ranked second in the world's 50 greatest leaders by Fortune.
He has remained an influential figure in the Chinese business community and scene of startup companies despite being an informal global ambassador.
He announced in September of last year that he would retire from the company and be replaced by Daniel Zhang.
After he criticized Chinese financial regulators for putting too much priority in minimizing risk, the Chinese government stopped plans for an IPO for the digital payment solutions company he founded.
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