Jack Ma (R), Chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group, answers questions while Masayoshi Son (C), head of Japan's Softbank Group, and Alibaba Japan President Makoto Koyama (L) listen during a press conference after their business seminar at a Tokyo hotel on November 11, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

Jack Ma (R), Chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group, answers questions while Masayoshi Son (C), head of Japan's Softbank Group, and Alibaba Japan President Makoto Koyama (L) listen during a press conference after their business seminar at a Tokyo hotel on November 11, 2008.

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  1. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (L), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (C), managing director at the World Bank and Jack Ma (R), Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, participate in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 23, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday.
  2. Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 23, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday.
  3. Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 23, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday.
  4. Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 23, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday.
  5. Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba Group, speaks during a news conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province September 11, 2009. Alibaba Group said on Friday it is beta testing a new B2B (business-to-business) platform for international customers to be launched first in the United States by the end of the year.
  6. Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba Group, speaks during a news conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province September 11, 2009. Alibaba Group said on Friday it is beta testing a new B2B (business-to-business) platform for international customers to be launched first in the United States by the end of the year.
  7. Jack Ma, chairman and founder of Alibaba.com, performs at an evening party to celebrate his firm's 10th anniversary, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province September 10, 2009. Picture taken September 10, 2009.
  8. Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba Group, left, and Liu Shaoyong, chairman of China Eastern Airlines, right, shake hands during the signing ceremony of a strategic partnership between China Eastern Airlines and Alibaba Group Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China Eastern Airlines is teaming up with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, hoping to cash in on an online shopping frenzy to boost ticket sales.

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