Alibaba

The stories of how entrepreneurs such as Jack Ma and Jeff Bezos started off on their journeys are widely known. Jack Ma, for example, was rejected from every job he applied to before he built e-commerce giant Alibaba. But often people attribute their success…

By his own account, Jack Ma, the founder of the hugely successful Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, only visited Africa for the first time in 2017, when he went to Kenya and Rwanda. And yet there he was earlier this month in the Opinion pages of The New Yor…

Does Masayoshi Son have a "type?" SoftBank's billionaire CEO and head of the Vision Fund has emerged as Silicon Valley's kingmaker over the past several years, writing nine-figure checks to back tech startups at dizzying valuations. As the recent implosion …

By ALT Perspective Last week, the announcement by the Trump administration on the United States and China reaching a 'Phase One' trade agreement caught the market by surprise. Many, including me, had expected some deferment of a potential deal till after Dec…

Alibaba's (NYSE:BABA) stock price has nearly tripled since its IPO five years ago as the company impressed investors with its robust revenue growth, consistent profits, and expanding ecosystem. Let's highlight eight key things investors should know about this…

A majority of financial executives worldwide said that they consider Amazon.com, Inc.s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos as the top businessperson of the decade, according to CNBC. CNBCs latest Global CFO Council survey named Amazons founder, CEO, and president, Jef…

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, retired from the Chinese e-commerce giant in September to focus on education, which he calls the most important and critical issue of our time. His concern: the world is changing fast, but education is not. His formula, howev…

Its rare to cross paths with one of the worlds great entrepreneurial heroes not once but twice, both at pivotal moments in that entrepreneurs journey. Such is the case with Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba. Forbes Global, the precursor magazine to Forbes Asia,…

The visit of Twitter founder/chief executive Jack Dorsey to Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia last month seemed like a watershed moment when it comes to Big Tech CEO visits to African cities. These visits took off in 2015 with a relatively low-profile visit by Mic…

Hosted by Alibabas founder Jack Ma, the four-hour entrepreneurial talent show had all the production values of The Apprentice. But the glitzy televised extravaganza, in which 10 contestants battled for $1m in prize money in front of a boisterous audience, to…