Jack Ma on management: Why a `fool' needs to lead smart people and many more

Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is expected to announce Monday his plans for stepping down from the e-commerce giant and handing over responsibilities to senior management. Since founding the company in 1999 with 17 other people in Hangzhou, China, Ma has become the distinctive face of the company — and through its success, the country’s technology industry.