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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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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
-$22.2 billion, #1 on China’s rich list up until Feb 2015, Bigger than Wal-Mart
-Always looking for ways to get better, company is still in its infancy. Less than 20 years old
-the only problems his distributors face is growth at a fast rate. Shipping may items internationally takes its toll
-Experimenting with drone delivery, but was not successful due to violations of regulations with the promotion