Jack Ma is a pioneer in the mainland e-commerce industry, he founded Alibaba, and has launched well-known software platforms such as Taobao and Alipay. In the previous development, Ma Yun also often appeared in major media programs to promote his company and get closer to users. However, in recent years, Ma Yun seems to have rarely appeared.
And he also cashed out a lot of money and gave Alibaba to Daniel Zhang. At present, the list of directors disclosed by Alibaba no longer has Ma Yun's name, and many people believe that Ma Yun has retired. Some media have photographed Ma Yun appearing in Spain, with a $1.2 billion private yacht docked on the shore, is he really retired?
Ma Yun appeared in Spain, and 12 private yachts docked on the shore
Recently, Spanish media reported that Ma Yun appeared in the famous resort island of Mallorca. And also attached is a photo of Ma Yun playing golf, it seems that Ma Yun has lived a carefree retirement life.
What is more noteworthy is that Ma Yun once spent $200 million, equivalent to 1.2 billion yuan of private yachts docked on the local coast. Such a retirement life is all enviable.
Indeed, since the Bund Finance Summit in October 2020, Ma has rarely appeared. Even he has resigned as a director of Alibaba Group, and in the past two years, he has been cashing out his own shares within Alibaba Group, and it seems that he really wants to sell all his shares and cash out.
However, some people think that this is just an illusion, Ma Yun is not really retired, but still behind the scenes. Because Ma Yun's retirement at that time may also be because of some unfavorable public opinion information, is Ma Yun really retired?
Second, Ma Yun retired
Since Alibaba got on track, Ma yun said that he may step down as ceo of Alibaba Group and only serve as chairman of Alibaba's board of directors. In 2019, Ma Yun put it into practice, stepping down from his chairmanship on Alibaba's board of directors, handing it over to Daniel Zhang, and then continuing to serve as a member of the board.
However, in the relevant documents released by Alibaba in 2020, it was disclosed that Ma Yun's shares in the company have been less than 0.5 percentage points. Therefore, there is no name of Ma Yun in the board of directors list, and his retirement can be described as very low-key.
From the performance point of view, Ma Yun is indeed retired, but many people point out that Ma Yun's retirement is actually not so simple. Because unfavorable market public opinion in the development of previous years has pointed to Ma Yun's criticism of him as a bloodthirsty capitalist, Ma Yun's image has collapsed.
On the one hand, this is because Ma Yun's so-called 996 remarks have aroused the thinking of the public. On the other hand, it is due to Alibaba's entry into the community group purchase market and the listing of Alibaba Financial Services. According to the public opinion situation at that time, retirement became an important choice for Ma Yun.
Will he return to the market?
However, Ma Yun was very low-key when he retired, and recently he was very high-profile by the media to photograph himself living an enviable retirement life, which also attracted people's attention. Many people think that Ma Yun will return to the market, so is this possible?
In fact, last year, Ma Yun had played alone in Spain, when there were media reports that the real purpose of Ma Yun's trip to Spain was to conduct a field trip for Alibaba's digital farm project, so this time Ma Yun went to Spain for a vacation, presumably also to investigate the corresponding project.
Judging from such news, Ma Yun is not completely retired, but is still concerned about the development of Alibaba and strives to develop Alibaba's new business. At the same time, combined with Alibaba's entry into the community group buying market, once the digital farm business is on the right track, it will definitely promote Alibaba's development strategy.
Although it is said that before Ma Yun re-stands on the stage, it should be impossible to lead Alibaba. However, Ma Yun is not enjoying his retirement life as the media says, he is still difficult to give up the development of Alibaba, and he is still conducting many investigations for the digital farm project.
4. Summary
Judging from the content of the full text, Ma Yun was recently photographed in the famous Spanish resort of Mallorca, playing golf and living a carefree retirement life, but many people also think that this is just an illusion. Ma Yun is still concerned about Alibaba's development, and even this vacation to Spain is to investigate the business of Alibaba's digital farm.
Although Ma Yun will not lead Alibaba before taking office in the future, Ma Yun will still formulate a strategy for Alibaba's development behind the scenes. So what do you readers think? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area below and exchange and discuss with the author.