The Richest Person Of Asia
Ma Yun known as Jack Ma, is the richest person in Asia and
14th richest person in the world with the net worth of US $ 41.8
billion, is a Chinese business magnet who was born in a small city named
Hangzhou in China. He is the founder and executive officer of Alibaba group
which is the world’s fifth largest internet based company. Jack Ma learnt
English by giving free tours to the tourists visiting his city and he did it
for 9 years and the name Jack Ma was also given by one of his foreigner friends
as his Chinese name was hard to pronounce. Jack Ma faced 30 job rejections that
one person could hardly bear; for instance, he was rejected by KFC and from
police department. He also faced so many other rejections from universities and
colleges. He started his career by making websites for Chinese companies as he
made a fortune from his business. He launched Alibaba group with his 18 friends
in 1999 with 500,000 Yuan (Chinese currency). Alipay, Aliexpress.com, 1668.com,
Juhansuan, Alibaba cloud computing, eTao, Tmall and Taobao marketplace are the
part of Alibaba group. Jack Ma is a role model for all business persons
worldwide as he is a self-made billionaire.
Great post. It teaches us to never give up. If we persist we will win
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