Jack Ma is the co-founder and Executive Director of Alibaba Group, an e-commerce company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. He started Alibaba in 1999 and led its highly successful initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. Ma has topped several wealth and influence lists, including being named the richest person in technology in 2016 due to his success in building Alibaba into one of the world's largest online retailers and technology companies.