Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate and philanthropist who is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a global technology conglomerate. He struggled in his youth, failing college entrance exams multiple times and getting rejected from many jobs, but persevered. In 1999, he founded Alibaba in his apartment with 18 friends. Under his leadership, Alibaba has grown to become one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world. Throughout his career, Jack Ma has faced many failures and rejections but overcome them through resolve, hard work, and vision to build a multibillion-dollar global technology giant.