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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Nasa astronomers says signal coming from outside our galaxy is 'unexpected and as yet unexplained'

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This artist's concept shows the entire sky in gamma rays with magenta circles illustrating the uncertainty in the direction from which more high-energy gamma rays than average seem to be arriving.
An artist's concept shows the entire sky in gamma rays with magenta circles illustrating the uncertainty in the direction from which more high-energy gamma rays than average seem to be arriving

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Late Samsung chairman's family sell $2 billion worth of shares to help pay huge South Korean inheritance tax

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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee with daughters Lee Boo-jin (R) and Lee Seo-hyun leaves the Las Vegas Convention Center after touring the Samsung booth and talking with reporters at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 12, 2012. His wife Hong Ra-hee follows behind at right.

Adidas' CEO says he gave his cell number to 60,000 employees and was slammed with 200 messages a week, report says

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Bjørn Gulden came out swinging in his first analyst call and press conference as CEO of Adidas.
Bjørn Gulden took over as CEO of Adidas last year.

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Microsoft's market cap hit $2.89 trillion as it overtook Apple as the world's most valuable public company

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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a keynote address by Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Severe winter weather causes travel chaos as planes grounded and over 1,000 flights canceled at Chicago's airports

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An airplane takes off during blizzard conditions at O'Hare Airport on January 12, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Over 1,900 flights have been canceled nationwide due to a large winter storm bringing blizzard conditions.
An airplane takes off during blizzard conditions at Chicago O'Hare Airport on January 12, 2024.

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French post offices are trialling changing rooms to let people try on their online purchases

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A woman stands near a retry booth set up in a La Poste French post office to allow people to try on clothes purchased on the internet in Paris, on January 10, 2024.

Lululemon hits back at founder's anti-DEI comments: They 'do not reflect our company views'

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Canadian sports fashion label Lululemon has distanced itself from its founder over DEI comments.

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Alaska Airlines passenger describes her terror after she was 'jolted awake' when a hole ripped open in the plane's fuselage

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A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City.
A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines

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Chinese companies aren't interested in Nvidia's slower AI chips

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A laptop keyboard, a binary code reflected and Nvidia logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow
Nvidia has developed weaker versions of its chips to get around US curbs.

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