Jack Ma: English teacher turned Internet tycoon

September 08, 2018 11:23 AM

BEIJING (AFP) – Jack Ma was a cash-strapped Chinese entrepreneur and former English teacher when he convinced friends to give him US$60,000 to start a Chinese e-commerce firm called Alibaba in 1999.

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