Alibaba

In simple terms, Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. (BABA) is still undervalued. This might shock many investors who will inevitably point to the company's various valuation metrics, which are admittedly well above those of most of its sector peers. Here's a snapsho…

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Crypto whiz kid Justin Sun, who paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett, has pledged to give away a total of $1.2 million to 100 people in 2020. He plans to gift $1,000 a month to each of the "lucky 100" and also invite …

7 min read Alibaba booth at WAIC on Aug. 30, 2019 in Shanghai. (Image credit: TechNode/Shi Jiayi) On Tuesday, Jack Ma officially stepped away from his day-to-day role at the e-commerce giant he created in 1999. It surprised no one: Ma telegraphed the move as…

LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week. Depop names CTO Depop has sought a chief technology officer in Remo Gettini. He joined the company on August 27 from American education tech start-up Age of Learning, w…

Billionaire Jack Ma Retires As Alibaba's Chairman

While visionary founder Jack Ma has provided Alibaba Group’s most public presence during the company’s journey from apartment start-up to global e-commerce powerhouse, current chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang can be credited with many of the company’s game-chang…

Born to a poor family in Hangzhou in southeast China, Ma worked as an English teacher at a local university With no previous exposure to the internet, his first online search was "beer" and the entrepreneur was surprised when no Chinese beers turned up. A c…

Jack Ma pulled out all the stops to deliver a farewell performance fit for an arena tour AFP/Getty Images Topline: Despite talks of a low-key farewell, Jack Ma tearfully bowed out of his 20-year tenure at Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba with with huge part…

Jack Ma, the founder of the Alibaba Group, performs at the company’s 20th-anniversary celebration in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce…

Jack Ma performs onstage during Alibaba’s 20th-anniversary party as the co-founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant steps down from his role as the company’s chairman, at a stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. (Reuters) A tearful Jack Ma formally le…