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Business
Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma launches new food business, ‘Ma’s Kitchen’
Ma’s Kitchen adds to a series of ventures in agriculture and education in the country, aligning well with the Communist Party’s ...
Ryan General
China hits Jack Ma’s Ant Group with nearly $1 billion fine
China’s central bank has reportedly slapped technology provider Ant Group, which Chinese billionaire Jack Ma founded in 2014, with a 7.12 bi...
Bryan Ke
Alibaba appoints Brooklyn Nets billionaire owner Joseph Tsai as new chairman
Taiwanese Canadian billionaire Joseph Tsai will be replacing Daniel Zhang, the Chinese e-commerce’s former chairman and CEO, as Alibab...
Education
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma joins Tokyo College as visiting professor
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has accepted an invititation to become a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new research institute run by th...
Michelle De Pacina
Billionaire tech banker Bao Fan is latest executive to go missing in China
Shares of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings have plummeted after its chairman and CEO Bao Fan was reported missing. In a Thursday f...
Energy tycoon Li Hejun, once China’s richest man, arrested
Chinese authorities have detained Li Hejun, the billionaire founder of thin-film solar panel firm Hanergy, local media reported on Wednesday...
Jack Ma spotted in Thailand just before Ant Group announced he would give up control
Before you read: Founder Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group Jack Ma resigns from influential China business group months ...
Founder Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group
Billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma will be relinquishing control of the financial tech company he founded in 2014, Ant Group. As a way to opti...
Jack Ma resigns from influential China business group months after moving to Japan
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has resigned as president of the General Association of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs, an influential business group h...
China
Alibaba’s shares plunge $25 billion after Chinese authorities arrest man with the surname Ma
Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s stock lost nearly 208.2 billion Hong Kong dollars (approximately $26.5 billion) minutes after Chinese state...
News
Jack Ma Appears for the First Time in Months in Short Video, Alibaba Shares Jump 5%
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has made his first public appearance of 2021, resulting in a 5% jump in Alibaba shares, after more than two mo...
Editorial Staff
Jack Ma is NOT Missing But ‘Laying Low’, Sources Say
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is reportedly “laying low” after suspicions that he has been missing came to light as Chinese regulators...
Carl Samson
Jack Ma Donates 1 Million Face Masks and 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits to the US
Jack Ma has announced his plan to donate one million face masks and 500,000 coronavirus test kits to the U.S., which has now confirmed more ...
Jack Ma Donates 1 Million Face Masks to Japan
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has donated 1 million face masks to Japan through his foundation after the country generously helped China deal w...
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Donates $14 Million to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine
Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, reportedly donated 100 million yuan ($14.4 million) to help scientists develop a cure for the novel coro...
Alibaba Hits Record $38.4 Billion for Singles’ Day Sales
Alibaba surpassed its previous Singles’ Day sales with 268.4 billion yuan ($38.4 billion) on Monday, setting a new record high for the annua...
Manny Pacquiao Hung Out With Jack Ma and Facetimed Jet Li
The Philippine’s fighting senator and renowned boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao met with Alibaba’s former CEO Jack Ma for the second time this ...
Man Who is Taking Over Jack Ma’s Job Was Once Mistaken for a Janitor
In a world that can’t stop talking, a quiet man has emerged to lead one of the planet’s largest multinational companies this week — proving ...
Jack Ma Threw an Epic Birthday Party for 60,000 People for His Retirement
Jack Ma, China’s richest man, stepped down as chairman of the Alibaba Group on Tuesday, the small e-commerce site he built with 17 other peo...
Elon Musk Faces Off With Jack Ma in Debate On the Future’s Most Dangerous Tech
Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and Tesla CEO Elon Musk faced off for the first time at a conference in Shanghai this week, taking opposing views o...
Jack Ma Wants Employees to Have Sex 6 Times in 6 Days
A month after making it clear that he only wants employees who can work 12 hours a day, six days a week, Alibaba chairman Jack Ma is now enc...
Jack Ma Doesn’t Think It’s Ridiculous at All For Employees to Work 12 Hours a Day
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has no interest in working with “lazy” people. In a Weibo post on Friday, the Alibaba chairman made it perfectly...
Asia
Jet Li is Starting to Look Like Himself Again Posing Next to Jack Ma at Alibaba Event
Jet Li appeared to be in much better health at a recent awards ceremony in southern China. Diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, the martial arts ...
Grocery Store Owner Becomes Internet Celebrity for Looking Like Jack Ma
A grocery store owner in Zhejiang province, China saw a massive boom in his business after he went viral for his uncanny resemblance to Alib...
Politics
Billionaire Jack Ma ‘Accidentally’ Revealed to Be a Member of China’s Communist Party
Alibaba founder Jack Ma was revealed to be a member of the Communist Party of China by People’s Daily, the party’s official mouthpiece...
Billionaire Jack Ma Puts on Lipstick and Models Clothes For Singles Day Show
Alibaba’s co-founder and chairman Jack Ma tried to show off his skills during Singles’ Day in China, including packaging boxes, modeli...
Alibaba Hits Record $30.8 Billion Sales on Singles’ Day
Alibaba bested its previous Singles’ Day record with more than 213.5 billion yuan ($30.8 billion) in sales in this year’s 24-hour shopping f...
Jack Ma Retiring Early Will Help Him Live Longer, Science Says
Jack Ma is retiring early and science indicates he may be on to something. Ma recently relinquished his ownership of “variable interest ent...
Jack Ma is Planning to Retire Early From Alibaba — Here’s What He’ll Do Next
Jack Ma, China’s richest man and one of the world’s top billionaires, is looking to get back into teaching students after his life as the ch...
Why Jack Ma Doesn’t Hire The ‘Best’ Candidate For The Job
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma realized a policy of not hiring the best candidates for a job during Alibaba’s early years and it eventually pai...
World
Jackie Chan, Xi Jinping, Jack Ma Among Top 10 Most Admired People of 2018
An international market research and data analytics firm has officially released its list of the top 20 most admired people for the year 201...
Why Jack Ma Told His Own Son Not to Be an ‘A’ Student in School
Jack Ma, whose current net worth sits at $40.8 billion, has practical advice for his son on education. Speaking at the recent World Economic...
Jack Ma Wants to Open Schools for China’s Left-Behind Kids
Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, urged many entrepreneurs during a charitable foundation event hosted by the company in Sanya, Hainan Island on S...
None of the Martial Arts Legends in Jack Ma’s Kung Fu Movie Got Paid
None of the actors in the powerhouse film “Gong Shou Dao” starring Alibaba chairman Jack Ma received payment for his or her participation &#...
Jack Ma’s Alibaba Makes Record-Breaking $25 Billion in Singles’ Day Sales
Alibaba once again proved its worthiness as China’s king of e-commerce after it smashed a record breaking sale figure of 168 billion yuan ($...
Billionaire Jack Ma Fights Donnie Yen, Jet Li and Others in Epic Short Film ‘GSD’
“Gong Shou Dao (GSD)”, the star-studded action extravaganza starring Alibaba Group’s charismatic founder and CEO Jack Ma as a Taiji Ma...
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