Jack Ma 马云英语介绍

Jack Ma

Jack Ma is the lead founder and the chairman of Alibaba. He is one of the most famous and successful businessman in China.

Born on October 15, 19, in a poor family in Hangzhou, Jack was not outstanding indeed during his teenage years. Instead, he failed the entrance examinations for colleges twice and was also rejected for many jobs.

Limited resources made it difficult to learn English, so he learnt English by giving foreign tourists free guides for nine years. And of course, his hard work paid off. In 1984, he was finally accepted by a university’s English department and was elected student chairman.

After graduation, he became an eximious lecturer in English . By chance, he made a trip to the USA and used the Internet for the first time. When he searched for \"China\" and saw no results, he decided to set up a Chinese website.

In 1995, Jack founded Chinese Yellow Page and made his first pot of gold. Now the Chinese Yellow Page is widely believed China’s first Internet-based company. And in 1999, he founded Alibaba.

Jack has been honoured many awards and titles since he founded Alibaba. He was chosen as a ‘Young Global Leader’,’25 Most Powerful Business people in Asia’,’World's Best CEOs’’,and so on. He became the richest man in China

when Alibaba floated on the stock market last year with a value of around £140billion.

Jack hoped to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China and is aiming for 2 billion consumers and 10 million small shops abroad.