Associated with his resident China to a rock star of entrepreneurship, Ma had climbed from modest beginnings to the pinnacle of modern Chinese business in less than 20 years.
How did a former English teacher who'd not been exposed until the end of the 1990s to the net become iconic among web multimillionaires? Was there something particular about Ma that helped him stand out among an increasingly educated category of entrepreneurs that are Chinese?
PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2010 PRODUCT #: HKU913-HCB-ENG
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