About the book
An English teacher from modest beginnings, Jack Ma built Alibaba into an e-commerce empire that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers rely on, and Duncan Clark tells how. Clark first met Ma in 1999, in the small flat where Alibaba began, was an early adviser to the company, and has spent two decades in China tracking the internet's effect on the country. Drawing on exclusive interviews, he follows Ma's early failures, his contests with rivals from China and Silicon Valley, the company's record $25 billion IPO in 2014 and its moves into finance and entertainment. Clark sets the story against China's sweeping economic and social change.
Tim Draper praised Clark for getting to the heart of Alibaba and Jack Ma, and WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell endorsed it as a corrective to the idea that China only copies Western technology. Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox put it on the short list for understanding China's economy today.
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This book has 4 recommendations
Sir Martin Sorrell (CEO/WPP)
Anybody who thinks the Chinese just copy or steal technology from the West should read this book and think again. Jack Ma is part Bill Gates, part Steve Jobs, part Larry Page, part Sergey Brin, and part Mark Zuckerberg, all rolled into one.
Tim Draper (Founder/Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
Duncan Clark gets into the heart and soul of Alibaba and its founder, Jack Ma, who deftly maneuvered through the discontinuities and barriers in China to create one of the greatest companies in the world. China has thrived under the leadership of Jack Ma. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the present China and the heartbeat of a great entrepreneur.
Ken Wilcox (CEO/Sillicon Valley Bank)
This book provides excellent insight into the world of Jack Ma, perhaps the most famous of the leaders of the new economy in China. Duncan Clark is a real China 'Old Hand', unique in his knowledge of the Jack Ma generation. This book is definitely on the short list for those who wish to understand the Chinese economy today.
Erik Cheong (Co-Founder/Park N Parcel)
I am a big fan of Jack Ma, I have 4 different books talking about Jack. He is a top entrepreneur & visionaire, who started out as a modest English teacher and built Alibaba into one of the world’s largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on. I am impressed about how he overcame his humble origins and early failures to achieve massive success with Alibaba.
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