Jack Ma
Jack Ma
Ma Yun, known professionally as Jack Ma, is a Chinese business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of successful Internet-based businesses. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of Forbes...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 September 1964
CityHangzhou, China
CountryChina
meaningful knows
You never know that the things you're doing are that meaningful to society.
innovation
Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.
home sea wife
I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.
people mind want
I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.
dream names two
My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
ecosystems helping small-business
Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.
jobs people helping
My job is to help more people have jobs.
jobs helping-others people
My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
chance ifs knows
If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?
done world remember
The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.
smart portal offline
You've to make consumers smart. An e-commerce portal doesn't sell a product at cheaper rates, instead an offline shop sells it at a costlier prices.
simple world today
Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.
yesterday appreciate tomorrow
We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.
two years program
We should never finish a 20 year program in two year.