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The Inspiring Life Story Of Alibaba Founder Jack Ma

   

Added on  2021-04-21

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Background – Jack Ma’s (Childhood)•Jack Ma (or Ma Yun) was born on September 10, 1964, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.•He has an older brother and a younger sister. He and his siblings grew up at a time when communist China was increasingly isolated from the West, and his family didn't have much money when they were young•In his early age, he used to ride 70 miles on his bicycle to give tourists tours of the area for almost nine years, to practice his English which he learn at his young age with English-speakers at Hangzhou International Hotel.•He became a good friend of one of those foreigners, who nicknamed him "Jack" because he found it hard to pronounce his Chinese name.
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Background – Jack Ma’s (Education and Personal Life)•Jack Ma struggled to attend college, it took four years for him to pass the entrance exam. •After that, Ma attended Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute and graduated in 1988 with a B.A. in English. He was also the head of student council.•After graduation, he starts his career as lecturer of English and International Trade at Hangzhou Dianzi University. •Jack Ma met his wife Zhang Ying when they were studying at Hangzhou Normal University. They married shortly after graduating in the late 1980s. The couple later blessed with two children, a son and a daughter.
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Background – Jack Ma’s Career PathGraduatedWork as TeacherGraduated BusinessFirst visit to USA (1995)First time introduce to InternetFirst word search “Beer”Launched Website China pageReceived response in same dayPartnership with government entityRigid Bureaucracy pushed out MaTook Job in Ministry of Foreign Trade & EconomicMade connection with Yahoo co-Founder (Jerry Yang and others)Left job and started Alibaba (1999)Received fund some from Goldman SachsListed in 100 most influential person (2008)Become Trustee for Nature Conservancy China (2009)Spend 0.3% of Annual Revenue for environmental protectionReceived honorary Doctorate (2013)Ranked 30th most powerful person (2014)Entrepreneur of the year award (2015)
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Alibaba Innovation Analysis(Priya & Shirley)
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Theory of Innovations (Amabile,1996)
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