Where does Jack Ma rank in China?

The "Fortune" Asia edition magazine, which will be officially published on October 17, has selected a new ranking of the 25 most powerful businessmen in Asia. Among them, 5 people from mainland China are on the list, and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma entered the list for the first time, ranking 25th. Coincidentally, Jack Ma was also selected for the first time in the 2005 Hurun Rich List of 10 Richest People announced on October 10, ranking sixth.

1. Jack Ma, male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, was born on September 10, 1964 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. His ancestral home is Gulai Town, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He is the main founder of Alibaba Group and currently serves as Director of Japan's SoftBank, chairman of the China Council and global board member of The Nature Conservancy, director of Huayi Brothers, director of the Life Science Breakthrough Prize Foundation, and co-chairman of the United Nations High-Level Group on Digital Cooperation.

Graduated from the Foreign Languages ??Department of Hangzhou Normal University in 1988. In the same year, he served as an English and international trade teacher at Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Technology. In 1995, he founded China’s first Internet commercial information publishing website "China Yellow Pages". In 1998, he served as the head of the China General manager of Guofutong Information Technology Development Co., Ltd., an international e-commerce center. He founded Alibaba in 1999 and serves as CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group.

2. Significance

The emergence of the rich list reflects the changes in people's thinking: from being conservative in hiding wealth to facing wealth in a positive way; from being conservative to being civilized and open (——Explanation It has greatly improved the ideological tools such as the advancement of mass media and the popularization of education); it marks that people's understanding of wealth and the economy is moving towards a new era.

3. Positive impact

It is conducive to expanding the amount of information; it is conducive to enterprises clarifying the direction of economic development, having the ability to grasp the current economy, and improving competitiveness; it is conducive to increasing people's enthusiasm; It is helpful for relevant people to think about the economy, etc.

4. Whether it is a ranking of regional rich people such as China and the United States, or a ranking of rich people around the world, the main ones that are more recognized by the public are the rich list and the rich list launched by "Forbes" magazine. The Hurun Rich List from the Hurun Research Institute. Beginning in 2013, Bloomberg also launched the Bloomberg Global Billionaires List. With its feature of real-time updates, it came from behind and gained a place in the rich list war.