He is the richest man in China, the founder of Alibaba Group. Alibaba’s staggering initial public offering of $25 billion shattered all records and became the largest IPO ever. It makes it worth $231 billion, more than Amazon and eBay combined. How much is Jack Ma worth? Nobody really knows, he still have a few companies not listed on the stock exchange, such as Alipay.
He made some great points:
1. Everybody is unique
2. Experience and talking to people is more valuable than just reading about stuff in books
3. Education isn't equal to intelligence
4. Learn through mistakes
5. Smart people don't last in the long term, because they already think they know everything, they have no motivation to keep learning and growing
6. Hire people who had to fight their way up
7. No matter what, you have to have a heart and use it everything you do
8. Hire people who learn, who take risks, who are ready to fail and suffer, because one day they will be the expert of their slice of history
Unlike other tech founders, Jack Ma has no background knowledge in computers.
This goes to show that anyone with good enough passion can be successful provided that they have the courage to pursue their dreams. Even when the odds are against them, remember that China back then was backwards and just opened up to the world when he founded Alibaba. Without further ado, here are 30 inspiring quotes by Jack Ma on success, business and failure.
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