Beijing:Β Ending speculation about his whereabouts, Alibaba Co-founder Jack Ma has reappeared in public view after months amid increased scrutiny of his companies by Chinese regulators. The news of his reappearance came after a video of his on Chinese social media appeared. In the video, Ma can be seen addressing rural teachers as part of one […]
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Jack Ma ‘disappears’ after conflict with Chinese govt
Beijing/New Delhi:Β Tech billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma has “disappeared” from public life and has not been spotted for at least two months amid the conflict with the Chinese regulators. The Financial Times reported that Ma was recently replaced as a judge in the final of TV show ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’. “His photograph was removed […]
Gurugram district court summons Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma
New Delhi:Β A Gurugram district court has summoned tech giant, Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case where a former employee said he was wrongfully sacked after he objected to censorship and fake news on the company’s apps. As per reports, a former employee of Alibaba’s UC Web, Pushpandra Singh Parmar has alleged that […]
Jack Ma steps down as Alibaba’s Chairman
Beijing: Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma is stepping down as Chairman of the multi-billion dollar e-commerce behemoth on Tuesday as the company celebrates its 20th anniversary. Ma, who turned 55 on Tuesday, announced last year that he would retire within a year, with the company CEO Daniel Zhang taking over as the Chairman of the board. […]
Jack Ma’s mantra to staff: Balance among system, people, culture
Bengaluru :Β Chinese e-tailer Alibaba’s charismatic Executive Chairman Jack Ma, who steps down in September 2019, has exhorted his 80,000-odd employees to have the right balance among system, people and culture to sustain the company’s growth. “Simply relying on individuals or blindly following a system will not solve our problems to achieve long-term sustainable growth; […]
Alibaba’s Jack Ma to retire next year, Daniel Zhang to succeed
Bengaluru/Beijing : Alibaba’s Executive Chairman Jack Ma will step down in September 2019 and hand over the reins to Chief Executive Daniel Zhang, the Chinese e-commerce giant said on Monday. Ma, who co-founded the company almost 20 years ago which now is the world’s biggest e-commerce behemoths, said in a letter to his employees that […]
Alibaba’s Jack Ma to announce succession plan, not retirement
Beijing :Β Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding’s co-founder and executive chairman is set to announce a succession plan on Monday on his 54th birthday and said that he would not retire immediately, the South China Morning Post reported. This development comes a day after the New York Times reported that the Chinese billionaire would step […]
Jack Ma’s retirement: What it means for India
New Delhi : That he speaks impeccable English despite being a Chinese comes from the fact that Jack Yun Ma, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, graduated from Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute with a major in English and later became a teacher, imparting lessons in the same language. Strange are the ways in which […]