Jack Ma is the founder and former CEO of Alibaba, one of the largest e-commerce companies in China. He was born in 1964 in Hangzhou, China and saw education as his ticket to success. After graduating, he worked as an English teacher and first experienced the internet during a trip to the US in 1995, which inspired him to create an online business in China. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with 17 friends and $60,000. Alibaba has since grown to become one of the largest online retailers and cloud computing companies in the world. Ma believes that Alibaba can help drive economic development in China and other countries and has expanded operations to India, the US, and beyond.

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Jack Ma
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Overview
 Early Life
 Alibaba Company
 Current Status
 Future

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Early Life
 Born on October 15, 1964 as Ma Yun in Hangzhou
 He became a tour guide and would trade tours for English
lessons
 He saw education as his ticket to success.

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Early Life
 After applying to several jobs, he finally got hired by a nearby
university as an English teacher!
 1995: First trip to the US and first experience with the Internet,
after that he was determined to make a Chinese internet
company.
 Four years and two failures later, he persuaded 17 of his
friends to invest in his plan for “Alibaba”

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Alibaba in China
 Alibaba has become one of the biggest marketing company in
China.
 This company wants to compete with foreign countries.
 Jack Ma founder of Alibaba said “My vision is to build an e-
commerce system”.
 He wants to create one million jobs to change China’s Social
economic environment.

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Alibaba
 Alibaba has a unique fun culture environment for employees.
 Employees participate in a talent show annually.
 They cherish brotherhood, morality, courage emotion and
conscience.
 Jack Ma believes that is not about the money but to help
China’s development.

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Current Status
 Close knit partners
 Interconnected
 Important Roles

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Current Status
 Worth
 Improvement
 Growth
 Drones

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Future - Executing the Global
Strategy
 Alibaba is currently discussing a deal with an Indian Internet
Firm One97 Communications
 $575 Million Dollar investment
 Mobile payment system called Paytm
 Over 25 Million registered users
 High-profile clients include UBER, Expedia, and Airbnb
 Jack Ma believes that economically, India is very similar to
China 5-10 years ago. Expects success in India to replicate the
success in China.
 Alibaba currently owns 80% of China’s e Commerce Market

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Expansion in the US
 Alibaba has shown interest in
entering the US market
 Launched shopping site 11Main.com
 Investments in US startups
 Lyft
 Tango
 ShopRunner
 E-Commerce experts believe these
investments are pointing in the
direction of an acquisition of a big
US e Commerce Company.
 Ebay Rumors - Buying a major US
company will expedite Alibaba’s
growth.
 Alibaba’s acquisition of a US
company will help polish its brand
and allow them to adapt to US
culture.
 Acquisition over Competition

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Summary
 Early Life
 Alibaba Company
 Current Status
 Future

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Works Cited
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/07/business/jack-
ma-and-alibabas-circle-of-friends.html?_r=1
 http://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-ma/
 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-11/alibaba-
isn-t-too-big-to-fail-jack-ma-tells-regulator
 Knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
 www.cnbc.com/id/102335658
 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-inspiring-life-story-of-
alibaba-founder-jack-ma-2014-10?op=1