The co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Ma Yun (retire) on his 55th birthday on 10 September, 2019, (make) him the first founder among a generation of Chinese Internet entrepreneurs to step down from his company.
Born Hangzhou, Mr. Ma had begun his career as an English teacher before he became one of the billionaires. Mr. Ma struggled at school and. (reject) for 30 different jobs, including one at KFC. He bought his first. (person) computer at the age of 33. With no background in computing, Mr. Ma co-founded Alibaba with (create) in his apartment two decades ago. Known as the"Steve Jobs of China", Mr. Ma owns (near) 9% of e -commerce giant Alibaba. "I want to return to what I love to do - education. " Mr. Ma said recently in interview, "There are a lot of things for me (learn) from Bill Gates". He is not only a fan of martial arts has been practicing tai chi for more than 30 years.