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Alibaba’s Jack Ma, China’s richest man, to retire from company he co-founded — The New York Times

Mr. Ma is retiring as China’s business environment has soured, with Beijing and state-owned enterprises increasingly playing more interventionist roles with companies, writes Li...

Jack Ma to donate $10 million to establish Africa Entrepreneur prize

Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman Jack Ma has launched the Jack Ma Foundation ‘Netpreneur’ Prize, a program created to support and fund African entrepreneurs.  

Jack Ma’s Ant Financial to raise $9 billion, become world’s biggest unicorn — WSJ

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s financial-technology business could be valued close to $150 billion with the latest funding round, writes Julie Steinberg of the Wall...