Jack Ma

Ant Group plans restructuring, paving way for Hong Kong IPO: Report

July 26, 2023 10:43 am

The Alibaba Group affiliate is looking at excluding its blockchain, database management services and international businesses from a main entity that will be used to apply for a financial holding license in China, a report said.

Jack Ma returns to China as govt tries to allay private sector fears

March 27, 2023 4:59 pm

Decoding the story of the disappearance of China's richest man

January 21, 2023 8:34 am

Jack Ma's disappearance in China illustrates why even the wealthy would benefit from supporting a state that allows regulators to be independent.

Jack Ma steps down from Ant Group: What comes now for China’s tech sector?

January 09, 2023 7:13 am

Ma previously possessed more than 50 per cent of voting rights at Ant but the changes will mean that his share falls to close to 6 per cent.

Billionaire Jack Ma is giving up control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group

January 08, 2023 8:12 am

Ma has mostly disappeared from public view since giving a speech that criticized Chinese regulators on the eve of the scuttled Ant listing in 2020.

Five years after vanishing, Chinese Canadian billionaire faces trial

July 05, 2022 5:26 pm

Chinese courts rarely find defendants not guilty, meaning that he will almost certainly be convicted and sentenced.

Peng Shuai to Jack Ma: The high-profile disappearances in China

November 26, 2021 10:31 am

The Chinese tennis star disappeared from public view for weeks this month after she accused a top Chinese leader of sexual assault, prompting a global chorus of concern for her safety.

Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun

November 05, 2021 11:17 am

The story of Jack Ma's fall from official favour helps illustrate how rapidly China has transformed under Xi Jinping

Why China’s hated tech titan decided to play nice

June 03, 2021 12:29 pm

No longer Public Enemy No. 1, Tencent now enjoys a status akin to an enlightened ruler of an expansive tech empire. A big chunk of the Chinese internet industry now belongs to what’s known as the Tencent ecosystem.

Old-school tycoons of Hong Kong are losing to China’s moguls

May 26, 2021 11:26 am

The past few years have seen a remarkable shift in fortunes between China’s tech-savvy moguls and their old-school Hong Kong counterparts -- a trend that shows few signs of fading any time soon.