1982, Ma Yun graduated from high school and took the college entrance examination for the first time. His math score is 1. 1983, the second college entrance examination, still failed, scored 19 in math. So, at the invitation of my father, I began to deliver books to three magazines, such as Shan Hai Jing, Donghai and Jiangnan, by tricycle, working during the day and going to night school at night. 1984, took the college entrance examination for the third time, scored 89 points in mathematics, and was finally admitted to the Foreign Language and Foreign Trade Department of Hangzhou Normal University. 1988 graduated from Hangzhou Normal University (now Hangzhou Normal University) with a bachelor's degree in English, and then worked as an English teacher at Hangzhou Dianzi University (now Hangzhou Dianzi University).
199 1 year, Ma Yun first came into contact with commercial activities and founded Haibo translation agency. In the first month, the income of 700 yuan, the rent as high as 2000 yuan. He bought goods from Guangzhou and Yiwu by trading small commodities, successfully supported translation agency and organized the first English corner in Hangzhou. From 65438 to 0995, Ma Yun visited the United States and came into contact with the Internet for the first time. After returning to China, He and his wife He are both teachers. In April, they set up 1995 "China Yellow Pages" website, which is dedicated to making web pages for China companies. In less than three years, they made 5 million yuan by using this website. From 65438 to 0997, he developed the official website and online trading market of China products for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China.
1999, Ma officially resigned from public office, founded Alibaba website, and developed e-commerce applications, especially B2B business. Taobao was established in 2003, and Alipay, an independent third-party electronic payment platform, was established in 2004. These two companies are currently in a leading position in the China market. At the same time, Alibaba is the world's leading B2B website. In 2006, Ma Yun became a judge of CCTV 2 Win in China, and also used Yahoo China and Alibaba to provide a platform for official website in Win China. In 2007, Ma Yun bought Branksome Crest, a 7,088-square-foot rooftop swimming pool mansion in Mid-levels, at a price of nearly 40,000 yuan per square foot, setting a record for sky-high transaction. 20 13 May 13, it was announced at the 10th anniversary party of Taobao that Ma Yun stepped down as CEO of Alibaba Group and was replaced by Lu Zhaoxi.