Jack Ma

As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone.

Jack Ma

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

Jack Ma

Don’t hire the most qualified, hire the craziest

Jack Ma

Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn’t regard yourself as a weakling.

Jack Ma

For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.

Jack Ma

Global vision, local win.

Jack Ma

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.

Jack Ma

I try to make myself happy… because I know that if I’m not happy, my colleagues are not happy, and my shareholders are not happy, and my customers are not happy.

Jack Ma

If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-to-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

Jack Ma

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

Jack Ma