About
Jack Ma is our lead founder and, since May 2013, has served as our executive chairman. From our founding in 1999 until May 2013, Jack served as our chairman and chief executive officer. He is also the founder of the Zhejiang-based Jack Ma Foundation. Jack currently serves on the board of SoftBank Group Corp., one of our major shareholders and a Japanese corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, chairman of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. In January 2016, he was named a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocate by the United Nations. Jack graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute with a major in English language education.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 9 investors at Alibaba Group are tracked.
- • 125 investors hold the Executive Chairman role in VCSift. Jack Ma is one of them.
- • 330 investors are based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Hangzhou, China
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