08-02-2006, 12:26 PM
Quote:He is probably the only Chinese Internet entrepreneur that you've ever heard of. Jack Ma, founder and CEO of the sprawling e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba.com, is the biggest player in the hottest market in the global tech business...
His fans include such cosmopolitan capitalists as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son. His international profile is enhanced by his fluency in English, an impishness that recalls Jeff Bezos circa 1998, and a tendency to spout management bromides ("Embrace the change," "If you don't have enemies in your heart, nobody is an enemy in your eyes") that sound like an unholy mashup of Tom Peters and Deepak Chopra...
full article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2...1/8382260/