A timeline of the once-ubiquitous Alibaba founder's public appearances in recent years.
Jack Ma at the VivaTech Exhibition in Palais des Expositions of Porte de Versailles, Paris, France, May 16, 2019. Credit: Sipa via AP Images
Ask anyone outside China to name the country’s most famous businessman and chances are they will say Jack Ma. Yet since late 2020, when Beijing cracked down on his digital payments firm Ant Group, the once publicity-hungry founder of Alibaba has made only fleeting public appearances. Meanwhile, his control over the e-commerce giant and its associated companies has waned.
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A former English teacher, Ma co-founded Alibaba in 1999 and served as the company’s executive c
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