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Jack Ma
Born in Hangzhou in 1964, Jack Ma failed the gaokao twice, taught English, then co-founded Alibaba in 1999. He built China's e-commerce infrastructure, created Alipay, and took Alibaba to a record NYSE IPO.
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Jack Ma's Other Quotes
Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.
I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.
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