1. Jack Ma
By: Team TMCJ
(Tasia Bynes, Matt Hahn, Cody Cavagrotti, and Joshua Watkins
2. Early Years of Jack Ma
● Born September 10, 1964 in Hangzhou, China
● Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English at the
Hangzhou Normal University
● Later became a lecturer in English and International
Trade at the Hangzhou Dianzi University
● In 1995 he traveled to the US and got introduced to the
internet
3. Creating China’s Yellow Pages
● After graduating in 2006 Ma and his wife
collected $20,000 to start an internet
company named, “China Yellow Pages.”
● Within three years the company made
$800,000.
4. Founding Alibaba
● In 1999, he decided to quit his job and went
back to Hangzhou
● In the same year he received funding from
Goldman Sachs for his new company
Alibaba.
● He found Alibaba in his apartment with a
group of 17 friends
6. About Alibaba
● October 1999 and January 2000, “Alibaba” won twice total of a $25 million
international venture capital investment
● His wealth grew by $18.5 billion between December 2013 and December
2014, a whopping 173% increase.
● In 2012, two of Alibaba’s websites handled $170 billion in sales. That's
more than competitors eBay and Amazon.com combined.
● It became one of the most valuable tech companies in the world
7.
8. Alibaba Fraud Scandal
● Early in 2011 a fraud scandal hit his business-to-business e-commerce site,
Alibaba.com.
● Last fall thousands of small merchants protested online and outside
Alibaba’s headquarters in Ma’s hometown,
● His bad run may be coming to an end. On May 21 he reached a long-
desired deal with Yahoo to buy back half of the U.S. Web portal’s 40
percent stake in Alibaba Group.
● The Chinese company will pay Yahoo $7.1 billion for the shares, valuing
Alibaba at about $35 billion.
9. Fun Facts of Jack Ma
● Alibaba is now worth an estimated $25billion
● He failed his college entrance exam TWICE
● Alibaba was his third internet company
● At an early age, Ma rode his bike 45 minutes a day to a
nearby hotel to talk with foreigners in order to learn
english
11. Ending Quote…
"If you want to grow, find a good opportunity.
Today, if you want to be a great company, think
about what social problem you could solve."
- Jack Ma
