BIZCHINA / Ma Yun
Jack Ma Yun
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-03-14 08:32
Age: 42 (1964)
Birthplace: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Company: Alibaba.com
Head office: Hangzhou
Industry: EC, internet portal
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alibaba.com (China)Technology,
People's Republic of China
Jack Ma and his team of 18 founders created Alibaba.com in Hangzhou,
China in March of 1999. Since that time, Alibaba.com has grown to become
China's largest e-commerce company.
Alibaba.com is world's largest business-to-business marketplace for
global trade and host to China's leading domestic business-to-business
trade community. Its Web properties publish product catalogues from over
100,000 suppliers and have over 1,000,000 registered members from over
200 countries who buy and sell products from all industries and services
on its platform. Alibaba's vision is to become the number one destination
for buyers and sellers at small-and medium-sized enterprises to find
trade opportunities, promote their businesses and conduct transactions
online.
In 1995, Ma founded China Pages, widely regarded to be China's first
Internet-based company. Ma then accepted an invitation from China's
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) to head the
information department of the China International Electronic Commerce
Center (CIECC). He left MOFTEC in early 1999 to launch Alibaba.com.
Ma has been featured in leading international media and was chosen by the
World Economic Forum as a "Young Global Leader." Last year, he was
selected by China Central Television (CCTV) and its viewers as one of the
��Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year.��
Ma graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute in 1988 with a B.A. in
English and began his career as an English teacher.
Personal Profile:
Since 1999, Chief Executive Officer, Alibaba.com. Corp.
1997-99, President, Inforshare Div., China Int'l Electronic Commerce
Center, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, People's
Republic of China.
1995-97, President of chinapages.com;
1988-95, Teacher, Hangzhou Inst. of Electronic Industry;
1988, BA in English, Hangzhou Teacher's Inst.
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