Jack Ma Quotes

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Jack Ma

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 10, 1964

I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.

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Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways.

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Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon.

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A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father.

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We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports.

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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.

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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.

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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?

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Every technological revolution takes about 50 years.

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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.

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You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem.

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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.

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Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.

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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.

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I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.

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I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.

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I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.

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When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it.

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Alibaba spends money on improving the products and services, not on kickbacks. That's a good thing. It's called a value system, and because of that, we get more and more small- to medium-sized companies to support us in China.

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