Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

Duncan Clark

Apr 2016 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

“The story of Alibaba’s rise—along with Jack Ma’s—offers a fascinating window onto China’s staggering transformation.” —The Wall Street Journal

In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e-commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tens of millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector, and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world.

Granted unprecedented access to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own first-hand experience of key figures integral to Alibaba’s rise to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of how Alibaba and its charismatic creator have transformed the way that Chinese exercise their new found economic freedom, inspiring entrepreneurs around the world and infuriating others, turning the tables on the Silicon Valley giants who have tried to stand in his way.

An expert insider with unrivaled connections, Clark has a deep understanding of Chinese business mindset. He illuminates an unlikely corporate titan as never before, and examines the key role his company has played in transforming China while increasing its power and presence worldwide.

“A must-read for anyone hoping to navigate China’s new economy.” —Financial Times

Ratings and reviews

I love this book. I didn't know much about Jack Ma, except for he is a billionaire and he faced many rejections in his life, but this book gave me a more rounded picture of who he is. moreover, I now understand what it takes to make it as a successfull entrepreneur.

I have tried ti read for free sample, I'm thai people who like to learn and using english.This book would be the first book in english that I try to reach and read its. The stories lets us know and inspring us with dare to working on the opportunities,he has a perfect life journey and good ways decided to do for well business being.

A concise coverage of origins of Alibaba and the life of Jack Ma, and his entrepreneurial adventures. A very good read for anyone interested to know the story behind Alibaba.

About the author

Duncan Clark, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and fluent Mandarin speaker, has lived and worked in China for more than twenty years. He heads a team of more than one hundred at BDA China, the investment advisory firm he founded in Beijing in 1994. An expert on China’s Internet sector, Clark is a former visiting scholar at Stanford University, where he welcomed Jack Ma on stage as a keynote speaker, along with the leaders of other leading China Internet firms including Baidu, Sina, and Tencent.