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Also known as: Ma Yun
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Ma Yun
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September 10, 1964, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China (age 59)
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Jack Ma (born September 10, 1964, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China) Chinese entrepreneur who was head of the Alibaba Group, which comprised several of China’s most popular Web sites, including the business-to-business marketplace Alibaba.com and the shopping site Taobao.com. Ma became interested in the English language as a young boy, and during his teens he worked as a guide for foreign tourists to Hangzhou. Ma failed the entrance exam for the Hangzhou Teachers College twice. (His weak point was mathematics.) He was admitted on the third try, in 1984, and he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1988. From ...(100 of 683 words)

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