Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, is back in the public eye after a hiatus. Here's how the Alibaba and Ant Group founder got started and amassed a huge fortune.

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Jack Ma cofounded Alibaba in 1999 after a business trip to the US in 1995 gave him the idea.

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Masayoshi Son made $72 billion betting on Jack Ma's Alibaba. Now he wants to do it again with AI.

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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is betting everything on AI.

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First he was a teacher. Then he was China's top tech titan. Now, meet Jack Ma 3.0 — a high-tech farmer.

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Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group.
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group.

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Jack Ma's Alibaba was once China's answer to Silicon Valley giants – but its turnaround plan appears to be in trouble

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Jack Ma's Alibaba is struggling witb a restructuring plan, a report suggests.

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I'm a tech worker who moved from Brazil to China 3 years ago. I have a real love-hate relationship with the work culture here.

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Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance
Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who has spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance

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Jack Ma praised a key rival. A day later, it overtook Alibaba as China's most valuable e-commerce company.

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Jack Ma, cofounder of tech giant Alibaba.
Jack Ma, cofounder of tech giant Alibaba.

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Jack Ma popped up randomly on Alibaba's staff forum only to deliver a rare criticism of his company's performance

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Jack Ma, cofounder of tech giant Alibaba.
Jack Ma, cofounder of tech giant Alibaba.

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Jack Ma, the poster boy of China's tech scene, is moving into the food business

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ounder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma in 2014,
Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma has a new business.

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Alibaba's stock dropped so much that Jack Ma reversed a plan to sell shares for his other investments

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Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma's wealth has halved from its late 2020 peak following a sustained slump in the company's share price.

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Alibaba extends losses to $26 billion in market value after the company announces big reversal of spin-off plans

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