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Jack Ma
Jack Ma, or Ma Yun, is a Chinese business magnate, investor and politician
5 biographies about them · 6 books they recommend
Biographies about them 5
One outside biography and one insider memoir; both predate his 2020 disappearance from public life.
Duncan Clark · 2016 · By an early adviser to the company; the standard account.
Ming Zeng · 2018 · Insider: Alibaba's chief strategist explains the platform model Ma built.
Liu Shiying, Martha Avery · 2009 · Early Chinese-sourced account, written before the US listing.
Porter Erisman · 2015 · Insider memoir by a former Alibaba vice president.
Edward Tse · 2015 · Sets Ma beside Tencent and Xiaomi; consultant's view of the cohort.
Books they recommend 6
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