Jack Ma is a former Chinese English teacher and now a world famous businessman. He hit headlines around the world like no other Chinese businessman in September 2014 with the record-breaking $25 billion initial public offering of his e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group on the New York Stock Exchange. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses. As of November 2014, he is the richest man in China and 18th richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of $29.7 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He is also an active philanthropist and he sits on the board of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with fellow billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner.

Jack Ma Top 10 Tips for Success

1. Get used to rejection
2. Keep your dream alive
3. Focus on culture
4. Ignore the LittleMan
5. Get inspired
6. Stay focused
7. Have a good name
8. Customers are #1
9. Don’t complain, look for opportunities
10. Have passion

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you’ve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don’t give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength. – Jack Ma

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