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Background of Jack Ma and Alibaba By Carlos Cordon, Kya Deadwyler, and Joseph Ancheta

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Background of Jack Ma and Alibaba

By Carlos Cordon, Kya Deadwyler, and Joseph Ancheta

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JACK MA’S YOUTH

Jack ma was born on October 15, 1964 in Hangzhou, China.

Ma whose Chinese name is Ma Yun is the middle child to an older brother

and younger sister.

Ma grew up during the time communist China was separating from the West.

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Jack had many hobbies such as cricket collecting and he was able to

tell the type and size of a cricket just by the noise it made.

When he was a teen he would offer visitor’s tours of Hangzhou in exchange

for English lessons.

He earned the nickname Jack by a tourist he befriended.

Continued…

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He failed the entrance exam twice for college after high school.

After studying vigorously, Ma finally passed on his third attempt and

attended the Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute.

After graduating he applied to numerous jobs and received over

a dozen rejections.

Early Adulthood

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUN

Graduated college in 1988

Never went to school in the U.S.

Rejected by Harvard University

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ENGLISH PROFESSOR

First teaching job was at the Hangzhou Institute of Electronics Engineering

Became one of the more popular professors

Got paid $14 a month

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ENGLISH PROFESSOR (CONT.)

He applied for KFC with 24 other applicants, he was the only one to not get the job

After teaching, he finally got to visit the U.S. in 1995

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Alibaba -Early Stages

Alibaba is an e-commerce giant created by Jack Ma in the year 1999

The company allows transactions between companies in different countriesEx: an American company needing a product made in China would visit Alibaba and make an order to import.

During the early stages, Goldmansachs invested $5 million followed by $20 million from a chairman of Japan’s SoftBank.

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Facts about the early days of Alibaba

The ideology behind Alibaba was tested in other countries previous to Jack Ma but were not successful

Jack Ma was able to start Aliaba with 17 friends that included former students of his

Soon after Alibaba started to take flight, Jack Ma came up with Taobao in an effort to create a “Chinese Ebay” which resulted a success

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Alibaba’s Rise to Success

With the creation of Taobao, Jack Ma took out Ebay out of business in China

Jack Ma faced problems because he made decisions without the approval of company stake holders but was successful in achieving his goals

Despite his growing wealth, Jack Ma is known to have a giver personality and since day one, he was giving company equity to those who helped him start

Jack Ma’s desire is to have a “great company that helps its customers, creates jobs and serves society” as noted by the NY times article titled Jack Ma on Alibaba, Entrepreneurs and the Role of Handstands.

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Alibaba and the Stock-Market

Alibaba currently has 600 million customers in 240 countries.

With this success, Jack Ma currently has a net-worth of about $26 billion.

Alibaba went public on September 19, 2014 with an initial public offering of $68 and finished the day at $93.89.

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