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I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

From Jack Ma

Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.

From Jack Ma

EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it.

From Jack Ma

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

From Jack Ma

My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.

From Jack Ma

The very important thing you should have is patience.

From Jack Ma

Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.

From Jack Ma

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

From Jack Ma

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

From Jack Ma

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

From Jack Ma

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