Jack Ma

When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.

Trade is a communication of cultures and values.

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.

I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online.