Modern Business Leader - Jack Ma
Modern Business Leader - Jack Ma
Modern Business Leader - Jack Ma
PRESENTATION BY
INTRODUCTION
M YN (JACK MA)
VISIONARY
CHARISMATIC
1995: STARTED CHINA PAGES: CHINAS FIRST INTERNET-BASED COMPANY
1998: HEAD OF CHINA INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CENTER
1999: STARTED ALIBABA ONLINE
TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS AND TAKE ACTION IN THE FORM OF
STARTING BUSINESSES TO COPE WITH THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
RATHER THAN WAITING FOR GOVERNMENT OR BUSINESS
TO HELP YOU JACK MA, 2009, ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
EBAY MAY BE A SHARK IN THE OCEAN, BUT I AM A CROCODILE IN THE YANGTZE RIVER. IF WE
FIGHT IN THE OCEAN, WE LOSE BUT IF WE FIGHT IN THE RIVER, WE WIN. JACK MA, 2005
TEACHER.
THE HANGZHOU GOVERNMENT HIRED JACK MA AS BUSINESS CONTRACT NEGOTIATOR
TO GO TO USA.
IT WAS THEN JACK MA WAS INTRODUCED TO THE INTERNET BY STUART (SON IN LAW
In Feb 21, 1999 Jack Ma with his wife, his friends and his students
set up an internet company in his apartment in Hangzhou, with the
name Alibaba.
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
JACK MA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL STRATEGY AND FOCUS OF ALIBABA GROUP.
HE IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A FEISTY LEADER WITH KEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL INSTINCTS.
MAKING MONEY IS ETHICAL. AND A BUSINESS THAT ISNT MAKING MONEY IS REGRETFUL.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. WE MAKE MONEY BECAUSE WE WANT TO
SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
A STRONG ADVOCATE OF THE KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY WHICH MEANS FOLLOWING THE
HIGHEST PRINCIPLE OF DUTY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE OUTCOME OF THE SITUATIONS
INCLUDING FISH IN A POND AND GOLD BARS FALLING FROM THE SKY.
HIS OWN STYLE, HE SAID, COMBINES PRECEPTS FROM TAOISM, BUDDHISM,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JACK MA
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
2004: JACK MA WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE YEAR BY CHINA
CENTRAL TV AND ITS VIEWERS.
2005: JACK MA WAS GIVEN THE TITLE YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
AND WAS ALSO NAMED AS ONE OF THE 25 MOST POWERFUL BUSINESSPEOPLE IN ASIA BY
FORTUNE MAGAZINE.
2007: HE WAS SELECTED AS BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR BY BUSINESSWEEK MAGAZINE
2008: JACK MA WAS AWARDED ONE OF THE 30 WORLDS BEST CEOS BY BARRONS
2009: MA WAS INCLUDED IN THE TIME 100 LIST OF 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BY TIME
MAGAZINE.
2010: AWARDED ONE OF ASIAS HEROES OF PHILANTHROPY BY FORBES ASIA MAGAZINE
CONCLUSION
TODAY
JACK MAS STORY IS A TRUE RAGS TO RICHES STORY AND THUS HE AMONG ALL OTHER INFLUENTIAL
CEOS CAN HAVE A GREATER EFFECT ON THE ASPIRING YOUNGER GENERATION OR THE BUDDING
ENTREPRENEURS
HE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN HIMSELF AS A LEADER WHO IS PERSISTENT IN GROWING BIG AND BEING
ORIGINAL
TO CONCLUDE JACK MA MAY NOT BE THE BE THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY LEADER THE WORLD HAS EVER
SEEN BUT AGAIN THE WORLD HAS YET TO SEE MUCH FROM HIM.
REFERENCES:
RUSSELL FLANNERY, 2014 FORBES: INSIDE ALIBABA: VICE CHAIRMAN JOE TSAI OPENS UP ABOUT
WORKING WITH JACK MA AND JONATHANLU
HTTP://WWW.FORBES.COM/SITES/RUSSELLFLANNERY/2014/01/08/INSIGHTS-INTO-ALIBABAS- JACK-MA
/
REBECCA FANNIN, 2008 INC. MAGAZINE HOW I DID IT: JACK MA, ALIBABA.COM
HTTP://WWW.INC.COM/MAGAZINE/20080101/HOW-I-DID-IT- JACK-MA-ALIBABA.HTML
JONATHAN KAIMAN 2014, THEGUARDIAN: JACK MA PROFILE ALIBABA'S POWERFUL BUT HUMBLE
BILLIONAIRE
HTTP://
WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/BUSINESS/2014/SEP/19/JACK-MA-PROFILE-ALIBABA-POWERFUL-HUMBLE-BI
LLIONAIRE