The life of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba. He grew up poor in China and was rejected from multiple jobs before finding success in tech.

Huawei's Ren Zhengfei, BYD's Wang Chuanfu, and Xiaomi's Lei Jun were among the leading tech executives that met Xi Jinping on Monday.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted its fastest pace of revenue growth in more than a year, as the Chinese internet pioneer co-founded by Jack Ma takes another step toward a recovery after years of turbulence.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country in a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown.

Alibaba has branched out from its original B2B e-commerce roots, developing thriving logistics arms and financial spin-offs such as Ant Group. Its cloud division, Alibaba Cloud, already hosts significant R&D operations worldwide and recently launched its own AI offering, QWen, available to iPhone users in China via a dedicated app.

Jack Ma's downfall dates back to late 2020 when he delivered a controversial speech criticizing Beijing's strategy to minimize risks in the financial system and traditional banks.It seems that the times in the purgatory of the Chinese tech guru are behind.

Ant Group Co.’s quarterly profit surged more than 50-fold after it benefited from an investment gain, a major boon for the Chinese fintech giant founded by Jack Ma.The Hangzhou-based online finance firm contributed nearly 4.

Jack Ma cofounded Alibaba in 1999 after a business trip to the US in 1995 gave him the idea.VCG/VCG via Getty Images Jack Ma is the billionaire founder of Alibaba and Ant Group. Ma has experienced ...

On Feb 20, Alibaba reported a faster-than-projected 8 per cent rise in sales to 280.2 billion yuan (S$51.6 billion) in the December quarter, after cloud services revenue expanded its most on a quarterly basis in about two years.