The Week That Was: A new age for Alibaba


  • TECH
  • Monday, 16 Sep 2019

Jack Ma steps aside on Sept 10 as chairman of Alibaba, ending a spectacularly successful 20-year run — AFP

It is the end of an era for Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group as its co-founder and chairman, Jack Ma, stepped down on Sept 10.

Ma, who turned 55 on Sept 10, left his handpicked successor Daniel Zhang to run the US$460bil (RM1.91tril) juggernaut.

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