Jack Ma

Jack Ma, born on September 10, 1964, in Hangzhou, China, is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group. He launched Alibaba.com in 1999, revolutionizing global commerce by creating a platform that connected Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. Under his leadership, Alibaba's Singles' Day event, starting in 2009, became the world's largest shopping festival, surpassing the combined sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States. In 2014, Alibaba's initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange raised $25 billion, marking the largest IPO in history at the time. Jack Ma retired from Alibaba in 2019, marking two decades of transformative impact on e-commerce and global trade.