Jack Ma, male, was born on September 10, 1964 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. His ancestral home is Gulai Town, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province (formerly Shengxian County). He is the main founder of Alibaba Group and former chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group. Chairman, director of Japan's SoftBank, chairman of the China Council and global board member of TNC (The Nature Conservancy), director of Huayi Brothers, and director of the Life Science Breakthrough Award Foundation.

Alibaba was founded in 1999. In 2017, he starred in the movie "Gong Shoudao" and sang the theme song "Wind Clear" with Faye Wong. On December 18, 2018, the Party Central Committee and the State Council awarded Comrade Ma Yun the title of Reform Pioneer, the Reform Pioneer Medal, and the Innovator of the Digital Economy. In January 2019, Jack Ma held an opening ceremony for the music bar he founded, called "HHB Music Bar". On February 26, Hurun Research Institute released the "2019 Hurun Global Rich List", and Jack Ma became the world's richest Chinese with 260 billion yuan. On September 10, Jack Ma officially resigned as chairman of Alibaba’s board of directors. On September 27, the King of Belgium awarded Jack Ma the Crown Medal, making him the only Chinese to receive this level. In August 2020, he received the First Class Medal of Excellence from King Abdullah II bin Hussein of Jordan.

In October 2019, Jack Ma and his family ranked first on the 2019 Hurun Report with a wealth of 275 billion. In November, in the 2019 Forbes China Rich List, Jack Ma topped the list with a net worth of 270.11 billion.

Chinese name

Jack Ma

Foreign name

Jackma

Alias

风 Qingyang (Alibaba’s internal nickname)

Nationality

Henan People’s Republic of China

Ancestral home

Gulai, Shengzhou, Zhejiang Town

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Character relationships

Wife

Jet Li

Close friend

Ma Yuankun

Son

Malay Law

Father

Character Experience

Early Years

Born on September 10, 1964 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Jack Ma My grandfather served as a security guard during the Anti-Japanese War. After liberation, he was classified as the "Five Black Categories" and named "Ma Yun" in the hope that Ma Yun would be well-behaved and sensible in the future and avoid getting into trouble. When he was 12 years old, Ma Yun bought a pocket radio. From then on, he listened to English radio every day and became interested in English. From the age of 13, Ma Yun was forced to transfer to Hangzhou No. 8 Middle School because he had too many demerits for fighting. After that, Ma Yun took the high school entrance examination and took two years to get into an extremely ordinary high school. One time, he only scored 31 points in mathematics.

Portrait of Jack Ma

In 1982, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the first time and failed for the first time, scoring only 1 point in mathematics. Ma Yun was full of frustration. Later, he and his cousin went to a hotel to apply for a waiter job. As a result, his cousin was hired, but he was rejected. The reason given by the boss was that Ma Yun was thin, short, and not good-looking. Later, Jack Ma worked as a secretary and porter. Ma Yun failed the college entrance examination. His father, Malay Fa, saw that he was depressed and asked him to ride a tricycle to deliver books to magazines.

In 1983, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the second time and failed again. His math score improved to 19. Ma Yun's parents persuaded him to give up his ambition to go to college and learn a trade. After that, Ma Yun began to ride that dilapidated bicycle through the streets of Hangzhou.

In 1984, despite the strong opposition of his family, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the third time. This time he scored 89 points in the mathematics test, but he was still 5 points short of the undergraduate level. Since the enrollment quota for English majors has not been met, some students with excellent English skills have been given the opportunity to upgrade to undergraduate programs. Ma Yun was promoted to the undergraduate major in foreign languages ??by Hangzhou Normal University. After entering university, Ma Yun became a good student with both academic and moral excellence. With his excellent English, he was firmly ranked among the top five in the foreign language department. Later, Ma Yun was elected president of the student union, and later served as president of the Hangzhou Federation of Students for two terms.