Jack Ma

From A Rejected Person To A Billionaire

Jack Ma - Alibaba founder
I don't want to be liked.
I want to be respected.

From being always rejected:

  • failed 10 times of applying for Harvard Business School
  • rejected by 30 different job
  • tried to become a police but got rejected again
  • failed the interview of a KFC while all other applicants were recruited.

To be recognized globally:

  • 1994: start up 'Hangzhou Haibo Translation Agency'.
  • 1995: build up 'chinapages.com' -- worth $800,000 within 3 years.
  • 1999: founded 'Alibaba' with 18 friends
  • 2000: founded Taobao Marketplace with Yahoo investing $1B
  • 2014: IPO Alibaba on the NYSE, raised over $25B
  • 2014: met US President Donald Trump for the discussion of providing 1M job opportunities with Alibaba in 5 years

In 2021, with a net worth of $43.1B, Jack Ma is the third-wealthiest in China & globally ranked as the 31st billionaire.--Bloomberg Billionaires Index