Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new institution run by the University of Tokyo.
Chinese state television has accused billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Group of involvement in a corruption scandal, amid billions of dollars in losses to his internet empire.
Under pressure from the Beijing government, Ant Group is considering options for tycoon Jack Ma to divest his stake and relinquish control of the company.
On January 20th, Jack Ma appeared at a forum after months of silence, denying rumors about his situation as Beijing continued to investigate Ant and Alibaba.
Billionaire Jack Ma's net worth fell by $3 billion to $58 billion after the Chinese government ordered the suspension of Ant Group's listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.
SoftBank Group announced that Alibaba founder Jack Ma will step down from the company's board of directors – another high-ranking figure close to CEO Masayoshi Son has resigned.
After 20 years, before Jack Ma decided to retire, his Alibaba empire had expanded into food delivery and cloud computing, and had a market capitalization of over $460 billion.
According to the latest figures released by Forbes magazine, Xu Jiayin, the owner of Evergrande Real Estate Group, has surpassed Jack Ma, the owner of Alibaba Group, to become the richest person in China.
On November 26th, Chinese media reported that billionaire Jack Ma is a member of the Communist Party of China, but did not provide details on when he joined the party.
The Alibaba boss said that entrepreneurs shouldn't view the marketplace as a battlefield to kill each other, but rather that competition should be a source of enjoyment.
Billionaire Jack Ma said he had been planning his retirement for the past 10 years, but the timing of the announcement sparked speculation that it was related to China's surveillance of technology companies.
In two dialogues at the Vietnam Electronic Payment Forum (VEPF) and the "Dialogue with Jack Ma" program held on November 6th, the founder of Alibaba repeatedly mentioned the importance of the Internet to the development of modern business activities as well as all aspects of life.
"The most important thing is not money, but ideas," and "Those who can leverage both technology and the internet will succeed" are the heartfelt messages billionaire Jack Ma shared with young Vietnamese people.
Appearing during a dialogue with Jack Ma on the afternoon of November 6th, the young man caused a stir in the hall when he stood up and shouted, "I love Jack Ma!" He almost rushed onto the stage to personally hand over a letter and gifts to the Chinese billionaire.