Analysis

September 9, 2019

What Europe's e-commerce startups can learn from Alibaba's Jack Ma

The man behind China's Amazon has stepped down. But his golden tenure, and indeed his departure, offers teachings to those hoping to mirror his success


Isabel Woodford

3 min read

It's the end of an era today as Jack Ma steps down from Alibaba, the $460bn Chinese online marketplace he founded and has steered for the last two decades.

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