In April 2024, Jack Ma, a giant who was once in the business world, suddenly returned to our field of vision. He looked very different now, he was visibly old and tired, his hair was gray, and his eyes had lost their former sharpness.
The founder of Alibaba, the former e-commerce overlord, has a name that is almost equal to China's e-commerce innovation. In the past, every time he appeared, he was full of scenery, but this time he returned with a trace of sadness and exhaustion.
After he gradually withdrew from Alibaba's day-to-day management and turned to education and public welfare, the public rarely heard from him again. One day in April 2024, Jack Ma suddenly returned to the center of everyone's attention.
This time Jack Ma is very different from the entrepreneur we remember who is always smiling and passionate. His hair has a lot more gray hair, and the wrinkles on his face are much deeper, and the whole person looks like he is under a lot of pressure.
The public is puzzled by such a change and speculates about what is behind it. Mr. Ma's first appearance after returning to China was at a business forum.
He tried to maintain his old demeanor, and it was not difficult to see from his eyes that what he had experienced in the past few years was anything but extraordinary. At the forum, Jack Ma talked about the economic situation at home and abroad, as well as the impact of emerging technologies on traditional business models, and his voice did not have the strength and confidence of the past.