Who founded Alibaba?

Ma Yun, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Company196410 was born in Hangzhou. 1988 graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Hangzhou Normal University in June. "China Yellow Pages" website was established in April, 1995, which is the first online Chinese business information website in China, forming the earliest enterprise service Internet business model in China. 1At the end of 997, Ma Yun and his team developed a series of national websites in Beijing, such as official website of MOFTEC and online China Commodity Exchange Market. 1at the beginning of 999, Ma Yun returned to Hangzhou with 500,000 yuan to start a business and develop Alibaba's website (www.alibaba.com). 200 1, in order to achieve the goal of China's entry into WTO and better explore the international market, Alibaba launched the "China supplier" service to recommend outstanding export enterprises and commodities from China to the whole world, and at the same time launched the "Alibaba recommended buyers" service, forming alliances with international purchasing groups such as Wal-Mart, General Electric, Markant and Sobond to conduct cross-border purchases online; In the same year, Alibaba joined hands with the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the State Council Development Research Center and other departments to launch the "9. 19" Integrity Day in China, and took the lead in launching the enterprise-level online credit management product "Cheng Xintong" in the world; In the same year, Harvard Business School published the MBA case of Alibaba's management practice in China, and once again selected Alibaba's management practice in the transition period as a case study. In September, Forbes, an authoritative American financial magazine, once again rated Alibaba as one of the best B2B websites in the world and the only website in China. From June 5438 to 10, 2000, the Asian Business Association of the United States selected Ma Yun as this year's "business leader" in recognition of his contributions in innovating business models, helping enterprises of various countries to enter the international market and realize globalization.