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Jack Ma Alibaba.com

Ma was born in the city of [|Hangzhou], [|Zhejiang Province], [|China]. Ma attended [|Hangzhou Teachers College] and graduated in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in English. Ma initially failed the entrance exam twice. While at the school, Ma was elected student chairman. He later became a lecturer in English and International Trade at the [|Hangzhou Dianzi University]. Ma first started building websites for Chinese companies with the help of friends in the US. Ma has commented that "The day we got connected to the Web, I invited friends and TV people over to my house," and on a very slow dial-up connection, "we waited three and a half hours and got half a page.... We drank, watched TV and played cards, waiting. But I was so proud. I proved (to my house guests that) the Internet existed" [

Jack Ma, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, discusses the future for SMEs and e-commerce at the APEC SME Summit 2009 in Hangzhou, China.

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[|Jack Ma at the APEC SME Summit 2009]

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