Jack Ma
Jack Ma is the lead founder of Alibaba Group and has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Alibaba Group since its inception in 1999. He is responsible for the overall strategy and focus of Alibaba Group and Alibaba.com.
Jack is a pioneer in the Chinese Internet industry, founding China Pages, one of the first Internet- based directories in China, in 1995. From 1998 to 1999, he headed an information technology company established by the China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC), a department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC).
Jack currently serves on the board of SOFTBANK CORP., a leading digital information company that is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As a respected business leader, he was chosen by the World Economic Forum as a “Young Global Leader” in 2001, selected by China Central Television (CCTV) and its viewers as one of the “Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year” in 2004, and selected as one of the “25 Most Powerful Businesspeople in Asia” by Fortune Magazine in 2005. Jack is also a member of ABAC, which was established by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, in 1995 as the vehicle for formalizing private sector participation in APEC.
Jack holds a bachelor degree in English from Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute.