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Preface
Jack Ma single-handedly founded the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which has grown from a start-up to a world-renowned e-commerce empire.
Since announcing his retirement, he has rarely appeared in front of the public, and now he appears alone in the British vegetable market, and the current situation of being lonely and unknown is embarrassing.
What kind of sadness and relief is hidden behind this seemingly ordinary change?
Jack Ma is alone in the UK
Jack Ma, a figure who once stood at the pinnacle of China's Internet industry, once led Alibaba Group to become a technology giant in the world's attention with his unique business insight and leadership charisma, becoming the "first brother of e-commerce", but now he is alone on the streets of London, England to buy groceries, which surprised many people.
On July 6, Jack Ma, a former business tycoon, was spotted alone shuttling between the bustling stalls on the streets of London, England, picking fresh ingredients and having no assistant to follow.
This scene can't help but make people sigh, even the most brilliant life, can not resist the torrent of time, the once high-spirited, straight suit, commanding "Ma Dad", now can not escape the baptism of the years, showing the side of ordinary people.
Jack Ma is dressed in a low-key manner, wearing a white baseball cap, a blue tracksuit, and white pants, which looks particularly low-key.
Although Ma Yun tried to cover it up with a white hat, the white traces of his temples still revealed the traces of the years, looking at his slightly vicissitudes of life, the past glory is in stark contrast to the ordinary in front of him, if you don't say that it is difficult to make everyone believe that this is Ma Yun who is killing all sides in the technology world.
When Ma Yun was met by netizens, Ma Yun was also smiling and amiable, as if he was enjoying the simple pleasures of ordinary life, however, his slightly lonely figure was particularly eye-catching in the crowd.
Jack Ma collects U.S. debt
Jack Ma, born in Hangzhou, China in 1964, has a love for English like a seed, taking root in his heart, but his dreams are always unsatisfactory, and he has suffered three setbacks in the college entrance examination, but these experiences have not extinguished his dreams and persistence.
Finally, after unremitting efforts, Ma Yun finally stepped into the door of Hangzhou Normal University in 1984, specializing in English, and after completing his studies, he chose to stay in his hometown and became a member of Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Industry (now Hangzhou Dianzi University) as an English teacher.
Jack Ma (back row, first from left) at Hangzhou Normal University/Hangzhou Normal University
During his university years, Jack Ma won the reputation of "the best English in Hangzhou" for his excellent English skills and profound language skills, and it was against this background that the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Communications specially assigned Jack Ma to the United States to deal with a complex debt issue on behalf of the government during an international debt collection mission.
2019-09-10 08:40-On September 10, Ma Yun retired
In 1995, Jack Ma embarked on a journey to Seattle in the United States to start a difficult debt collection task, the result of this debt collection did not meet expectations, but this foreign trip unexpectedly brought a turning point to his life trajectory, experienced the charm of the Internet, and saw the infinite possibilities of the future world.
After returning to China, he founded China Yellow Pages, one of the earliest Internet companies in China, specializing in the publication of online information, however, because the Internet was still in its infancy in China at that time, everyone would think that Ma Yun was a liar, and no one supported Ma Yun, so China Yellow Pages did not achieve the expected success.
Jack Ma stepped down today! After returning from running away for half a life, he is still "Mr. Ma", and his golden sentences have become classics 2019-09-10 10:47·China Network Live Broadcast
After several years of preparation and planning, in 1999, Jack Ma and 17 like-minded partners co-founded Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou, China, a land full of innovation and vitality.
In the early stages of Alibaba's start-up, the company focused on building an efficient and convenient B2B (business-to-business) online trading platform, aiming to connect buyers and suppliers around the world and promote the prosperity of cross-border trade.
However, this entrepreneurial path was not all smooth sailing, and Jack Ma and his team encountered difficulties such as tight funds, low market recognition, and high competitive pressure in the early days.
In the face of these challenges, they have demonstrated extraordinary resilience and innovation, continuously optimizing products and services, improving the user experience, and gradually gaining a foothold in the market.
It is this unremitting effort that finally attracted the attention of SoftBank, an internationally renowned investment institution, and the addition of SoftBank not only brought much-needed capital injection to Alibaba, but more importantly, it recognized Alibaba's business philosophy and market potential, giving the company great confidence and motivation.
Under Jack Ma's vision and leadership, Alibaba Group has grown rapidly, building a diversified and comprehensive digital economy ecosystem, launching Alipay, a revolutionary third-party payment platform, and achieving great success in logistics, cloud computing and other infrastructure development.
Under Jack Ma's visionary and leadership, Alibaba Group has grown rapidly to build a diversified and comprehensive digital economy ecosystem, with Taobao serving as a model for the C2C (consumer-to-consumer) model, which has greatly enriched the shopping experience for consumers in China and around the world.
In 2019, Jack Ma stepped down as chairman of Alibaba's board of directors and announced his retirement to devote more energy to education and philanthropy.
Just now, Jack Ma announced that he would step down as chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba 2019-09-10 20:34·Global.com
From Jack Ma's life, we can see that Jack Ma is not only a successful entrepreneur, but also an active social activist, he advocates the concept of "making the world no difficult business", and is committed to helping small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs achieve growth through technology and innovation.
Is the "first brother of e-commerce" going to change?
On September 10, 2019, China's Teacher's Day, at the age of 55, Jack Ma resigned from his position as chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba, a business empire worth 460 billion yuan, which he had struggled for most of his life, and returned to education.
Since the establishment of Alibaba in 1999, Jack Ma has devoted nearly 20 years of hard work and sweat to cultivating the start-up from a single e-commerce platform into a huge digital economy covering business, logistics, finance, cloud computing, entertainment and many other fields, whose scale and influence are rare in the world.
Among them, Tmall, Alibaba's B2C e-commerce platform, continued to consolidate and expand its leading position in the market, achieving an impressive 45% growth rate in gross merchandise gross merchandise (GMV) compared to the same period of the previous year, and its overseas e-commerce platforms, including Lazada and AliExpress, saw their overall revenue surge by 94% year-on-year.
As an important part of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud's cloud computing business has become the focus of attention in the industry, and Alibaba Cloud's revenue has achieved a year-on-year growth of 101% during the reporting period.
was robbed of the limelight by Tmall, how should Taobao "return to its original intention"? 2018-05-23 14:31·China Business Daily
In 2023, the U.S. stock Pinduoduo closed up 18%, expanding its year-to-date gain to 70.45%, with a market value of $184.7 billion based on a closing price of $139.
In mid-May 2024, Pinduoduo announced its financial report for the first quarter, showing amazing performance growth, data showing that the company's total revenue reached 86.8 billion yuan, an increase of 131% compared to the same period of the previous year, net profit reached 27.9 billion yuan, and transaction service revenue reached 44.3 billion yuan.
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Alibaba Group's revenue of 219.8 billion yuan is slightly higher than market expectations, but the gap between it and Pinduoduo is still significant, and although there are too many gaps between the large e-commerce giants, Pinduoduo is trying to close the gap between the two.
But in terms of profits, Pinduoduo's net profit reached 27.9978 billion yuan, compared to Alibaba's net profit of 3.270 billion yuan, which means that in this key indicator, Pinduoduo's net profit far exceeds Alibaba's and ranks first in the e-commerce industry.
Judging from the latest financial data, Pinduoduo's net profit performance has opened a significant gap with Alibaba, which not only reflects the difference between the two companies' current profitability levels, but also means that Pinduoduo's operating efficiency and financial health have performed well in the short term.
The comparison of the economic performance of Alibaba and Pinduoduo vividly illustrates the diversified characteristics and fierce competition of China's e-commerce market.
Pinduoduo, on the other hand, has become an emerging force in the e-commerce industry with its innovative business model and in-depth exploration of the sinking market, both of which have made significant economic achievements in their respective fields and continue to promote the progress and development of China's e-commerce industry.
Conclusion
In this fast-paced and high-pressure era, seeing the former business giants return to the most authentic state of life can't help but make people think about success and happiness anew.
This image of Jack Ma may remind us that no matter how the status changes, eventually everyone will return to ordinary life and enjoy those purest and simplest happiness.