Jack Ma
Jack Ma or Ma Yun was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on October 15, 1964. Jack Ma grew up in a simple neighborhood in Hangzhou in the 1980s. At that time, China had just opened up to western nations. During his life, he had to face various problems. Ma was rejected at every school where he wanted to study. Even since elementary school, he had received his math questions so well. But Ma persevered and got through it. From the age of 12 to 20, he rode his bicycle for 40 minutes to a hotel where he could learn English. Eight years of hanging out with many foreign tourists completely changed the way he looked at life. Ma thinks he thinks more globally than most of the rest of China. What tourists tell is very different from what is learned from teachers and books at school. Ma first used the internet in 1995 when he searched for the words 'beer' and 'China'. But at that time, Ma did not find the expected search results on the internet. Out of curiosity, he cre...