For years, nobody flew higher in China than Jack Ma, the pixie-faced founder of the $500 billion powerhouse e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, the Amazon of Asia, whose net worth is $59.1 billion.

Jack Ma, the billionaire who ushered e-commerce into China, is officially stepping down as Alibaba’s executive chairman on Tuesday. He’s celebrating his retirement with a big bash at an ...

Alibaba's Jack Ma: We have 'zero tolerance' for fake goods. by Sophia Yan @sophia_yan June 22, 2016: 10:50 PM ET . China's technology and consumer driven economic transition.

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When Jack Ma dreamed up Alibaba in 1999, the online world looked nothing like it does today. The most popular search engine was Yahoo, not Google. There were no iPods, iPhones or iPads.

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba , with a net worth of more than $30 billion, was identified Monday as a Communist Party member by the People’s ...

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Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks during his visit at the Vivatech startups and innovation fair, in Paris on May 16, 2019. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Related article ...

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday at Trump Tower to pitch plans on how to create 1 million American jobs by helping small businesses sell to China.

Jack Ma, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, ... Alibaba's Jack Ma met with Trump to talk jobs. by Seth Fiegerman @sfiegerman January 10, 2017: 2:00 PM ET .