Ravleen Kaur submitted a document summarizing the career of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group. It notes that Ma had no technical background but started his first venture, Hangzhou Haibo, after working as an English teacher. He then founded China Pages, an online directory, and later Alibaba, which grew to become the largest e-commerce company in the world. The document discusses Alibaba's competition with eBay and Yahoo in China and how Alibaba was able to succeed where those other companies failed by better understanding the Chinese market. It also outlines some of the challenges Alibaba faced, such as a dispute with the Chinese government that caused its stock price to fall, but notes that Ma

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Ravleen Kaur
19DM157

2. • Former Morgan Stanley investment banker
• Fluent Mandarin speaker
• Lived and worked in China for 20 years
• Consulted for Alibaba
• Alibaba Group Holding is a Chinese e-
commerce company
• Amazon of the east
• World’s largest retailer
• Jack Ma- Founder and former executive
Chairman

3. Iron Triangle
Finance
E-Commerce
Logistics

4. From a Student to a Teacher to a Successful Entrepreneur
• No background in Technology
• Jack Magic- Charm and Charisma
• Jack Ma’s mantra
• Learning English
• Isolated China
• Opened borders to tourists
• Improve and learn the
language
• 1st Venture- Hangzhou Haibo (Hope)
• 2nd Venture- China Pages- Listings
Directory
• Alibaba
• Name-easy to pronounce
• Investments
• Dot-com Bubble
• “be the last man standing”

5. The ups and downs
• 2002- Alibaba entered consumer e-commerce market
• 2003- Taobao (hunting for treasure) was launched
• By Chinese for Chinese, specifically for Chinese audience
• eBay- interpreted the culture wrong
• Yahoo- tried and failed to crack Chinese market
• eBay left Chinese market. Sales grew from $2billion to $30 billion
• 2014- IPO- largest internet IPO
• Rose to glory- almost $30 billion in sales
• Share prices fell- dispute between Jack and government
• Jack’s enthusiasm in life – helped him overcome all challenges

6. • Interesting- English teacher became an influential
personality
• Knowledgeable- business environment and business
strategies
• Fascinating- Chapters- eBay vs Alibaba
• Appreciate- Management style of Jack Ma (learning
environment)
• Helpful- Traits of a successful individual
• Ability to overcome adversity
• Unique leadership qualities

7. THANK YOU