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
leader entrepreneur vision
The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.
baby giving-up opportunity
A lot of people complain about yesterday. We have no power to change yesterday. But this very day, 30 years later, is what we can control and decide. Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years. I thank the times of change and everyone’s complaints. Because when everyone is complaining, that is your chance, an opportunity. It’s only in times of change that someone can be clear of what he has and wants, and what he needs to give up.
growing-up people guy
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
money patience
But you've got to have patience to make money here.
internet users
Internet users in China, comparatively speaking, are very young,
deal laws sensitive terms
In terms of sensitive phrases, we will use laws and regulations to deal with this.
buyers call ebay free phase services
We call on eBay to do what's right for this phase of China's e-commerce development and make your services free for buyers and sellers in China,
cannot life microsoft
If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
bad business chinese department guys store
Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.
again came hero matter telling time watch watched watching whatever
I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.
arrived china country god happiest left since
Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently.
colleagues customers happy
I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
chance dark days focused learned lessons rely strength team
The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.
business good learned playing
I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker.