Jack Ma
InvestorFounderFounder of the Jack Ma Foundation at Africa’s Business Heroes · Founder & Executive Chairman at Alibaba
Hangzhou, China
FoundedAlibaba
About
Jack Ma founded Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment in 1999 with seventeen colleagues and took it public in New York in 2014 in what was then the largest IPO in history at $25B. A former English teacher rejected from dozens of jobs, he built Taobao and Alipay into the infrastructure of Chinese commerce. He retired as chairman in 2019 and withdrew from public life after a 2020 speech criticising Chinese financial regulators.
Founder & Executive Chairman at Alibaba
Intro paths
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In turn, Jack can intro founders to Alibaba's investors below.
Alibaba's investors · 11
Access Technology VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalMiamiFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksHongShan Capital GroupHong Kong · $100K – $50M checksLead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checksMillennium New HorizonsSilicon ValleyMillennium Technology Value PartnersBelgradePrime VenturesAmsterdam · $5.4M – $16.2M checksSilver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkVentura CapitalLondonXplorer CapitalMenlo Park
Co-founders at Alibaba
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Joseph TsaiFounder
Colleagues at Africa’s Business Heroes
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Jack Ma work?
- Jack Ma is Founder of the Jack Ma Foundation at Africa’s Business Heroes and Founder & Executive Chairman at Alibaba.
- What companies did Jack Ma found?
- Jack Ma founded Alibaba.
Paths to reach Jack
People who overlapped with Jack at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.