How Jack Ma became the role model for China's startup generation

How Jack Ma became the role model for China's startup generation

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., speaks during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Photographer: Misha Friedman/Bloomberg

Long before he became China’s most globally prominent business figure, Jack Ma was just an English teacher trying to persuade his friends that they would one day buy things over the internet.

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