Tearful Jack Ma bids Alibaba farewell with rock star show


HANGZHOU, China (Reuters): A tearful Jack Ma formally left Alibaba on Tuesday (Sept 10), donning a guitar and a rock star wig at an event for thousands of employees of the e-commerce giant he founded 20 years ago in a small shared apartment in Hangzhou city in eastern China.

During a four-hour celebration in an 80,000-capacity stadium, Alibaba's billionaire executive chairman delivered on his promise of a year ago to hand over to chief executive officer Daniel Zhang.

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