Billionaire Jack Ma has returned to China after more than one year of his overseas stay, bringing shares of his e-commerce giant Alibaba up over 4% during intraday trading in Hong Kong. His absence from the public eye during this period has caused various speculations about his safety and whereabouts.
Ma visited Yungu School on Monday, a private school in Hangzhou that founded by him and his comrades from Alibaba. During his visit, he discussed with teachers about the current state of education, as well as the future of ChatGPT technology. Ma believes that machines have the physical and mental strength that outclasses humans, yet they lack the “heart” possessed by us. Thus, he stressed the importance of cultivating skills such as creativity, leadership, and independent thinking in order to equip people in handling the future’s challenges.
Alibaba Group is a multinational technology company founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and his colleagues. It specializes in e-commerce, internet banking, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other aspects related to technology. The group has a wide presence in different parts of the world and its subsidiaries are distributed in various countries, including Japan, India, Thailand, and Australia. Apart from its e-retail service, Alibaba’s other products include AliCloud, Alipay, and Ant Group.
Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, one of the world’s largest and most valuable technology companies. He was the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to be featured on the cover of Forbes and he was also the first mainland Chinese business person to appear on the cover of the magazine Fortune. He retired from the post of chairman at Alibaba in 2019, though he still serves on its board as a director. He is also a prolific public speaker and has instigated many change-driving conversations at different forums. He is a big supporter of education and recently created the Jack Ma Foundation, which provides scholarships and different educational programs around the world. He has also been vocal in his support of sustainable agriculture, tech entrepreneurship, and female entrepreneurship.
