Jack Ma stood in front of the room and clapped his hands. "OK, everyone. Time for our evening meeting." It was January, 2000, my first month in Hangzhou. Alibaba's high-energy leader was holding ...

Hi, this is Allen Wan in Shanghai, reminiscing about the time I went on a wild chase to track down Jack Ma, one of China’s most famous entrepreneurs. But first: it was a big week for Ma and ...

A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was pictured at ...

Ma’s presence at the meeting marked a notable turning point, given his experience as the highest-profile casualty of Xi’s crackdown on the internet and private sector in 2020.

Jack Ma cofounded Alibaba in 1999 after a business trip to the US in 1995 gave him the idea.VCG/VCG via Getty Images Jack Ma is the billionaire founder of Alibaba and Ant Group. Ma has experienced ...

Tokyo | When shunned billionaire Jack Ma stepped forward this week to shake hands with Xi Jinping in Beijing, the message was clear. China’s private tech entrepreneurs and chief executives had ...