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Jack Ma transformed China’s export economy with Alibaba, the retail giant poised to overtake Walmart with the biggest market debut in US history.
Jack Ma, China’s leading internet entrepreneur, once described himself as a “crocodile in the Yangtze”. The technology chief was busy discussing the battle between Alibaba, the online shopping company he founded, and eBay, the global auction site which used to dominate the Chinese shopping market.
“If we fight in the ocean, we lose; but if we fight in the river, we win,” he claimed. He proved his point when Alibaba’s Taobao auction site overtook eBay’s Chinese business and left it for dust. But that is not the only way Ma’s colourful analogy resonated.Ma has also demonstrated a crocodile’s ability to stalk his prey largely undetected....
Interesting profile of the man who would be king of online marketing.