Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s 6 most extravagant moments – including starring in a kung fu film with Jet Li
From officiating employee weddings to performing Michael Jackson dances on stage, Jack Ma has led a colourful and unpredictable life
Jack Ma is “the most flamboyant tech founder on the planet,” Business Insider's Sinéad Baker recently wrote.
To celebrate the end of his 20 years leading the online marketplace, Ma recently celebrated his retirement with a 60,000-person party in an Olympic-sized stadium.
The days of seeing one of the top executives of Alibaba (the Chinese e-commerce company that owns the South China Morning Post) act in a film and officiate weddings may be over, however. Ma's successor, Alibaba Group Holding CEO Daniel Zhang, keeps such a low profile that an employee’s parent once mistook him for a janitor in Alibaba’s headquarters, according to Bloomberg.
Keep reading to learn more about the most extravagant moments of Jack Ma’s time at Alibaba.
Every year, Ma officiates a mass wedding for Alibaba employees in May
At celebrations for “Ali Day” – the company’s annual extravaganza in honour of the company’s employees and their families – Ma always “marries” 102 couples that work for him, Business Insider previously reported.
The 2019 event was live-streamed on Youku, a video-sharing service owned by Alibaba. Ma drew criticism after encouraging the couples to have lots of sex and bear children.