This is a class presentation on Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba!

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Jack Ma
Team: HAR-V
Holly Wood, Veronica Cevallos,
Renato Segatto, & Adriel Reyes

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Overview
 Early Life
 Alibaba Company
 Current Status
 Future

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Early Life
 Born on September 10, 1964 as Ma Yun in Hangzhou
 He became a tour guide and would trade tours for English
lessons
 He saw education as his ticket to success.

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Early Life
 After applying to several jobs, he finally got hired by a nearby
university as an English teacher!
 1995: First trip to the US and first experience with the Internet,
after that he was determined to make a Chinese internet
company.
 Four years and two failures later, he persuaded 17 of his
friends to invest in his plan for “Alibaba”

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Alibaba in China
 Alibaba has become one of the biggest marketing company in
China.
 This company wants to compete with foreign countries.
 Jack Ma founder of Alibaba said “My vision is to build an e-
commerce system”.
 He wants to create one million jobs to change China’s Social
economic environment.

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Alibaba
 Alibaba has a unique fun culture environment for employees.
 Employees participate in a talent show annually.
 They cherish brotherhood, morality, courage emotion and
conscience.
 Jack Ma believes that is not about the money but to help
China’s development.

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Current Status
 Close knit partners
 Interconnected
 Important Roles

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Current Status
 Worth
 Improvement
 Growth
 Drones

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Future - Executing the Global
Strategy
 Alibaba is currently discussing a deal with an Indian Internet
Firm One97 Communications
 $575 Million Dollar investment
 Mobile payment system called Paytm
 Over 25 Million registered users
 High-profile clients include UBER, Expedia, and Airbnb
 Jack Ma believes that economically, India is very similar to
China 5-10 years ago. Expects success in India to replicate the
success in China.
 Alibaba currently owns 80% of China’s e Commerce Market

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Expansion in the US
 Alibaba has shown interest in
entering the US market
 Launched shopping site 11Main.com
 Investments in US startups
 Lyft
 Tango
 ShopRunner
 E-Commerce experts believe these
investments are pointing in the
direction of an acquisition of a big
US e Commerce Company.
 Ebay Rumors - Buying a major US
company will expedite Alibaba’s
growth.
 Alibaba’s acquisition of a US
company will help polish its brand
and allow them to adapt to US
culture.
 Acquisition over Competition

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Video
 Here is a video of Jack Ma giving a presentation on Alibaba!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up9-C4_8dVo

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Summary
 Early Life
 Alibaba Company
 Current Status
 Future

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Works Cited
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/07/business/jack-
ma-and-alibabas-circle-of-friends.html?_r=1
 http://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-ma/
 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-11/alibaba-
isn-t-too-big-to-fail-jack-ma-tells-regulator
 Knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
 www.cnbc.com/id/102335658
 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-inspiring-life-story-of-
alibaba-founder-jack-ma-2014-10?op=1