The hottest man of the hour is definitely gonna be Ma Yun(Jack Ma), whose company–Alibaba Group was listed in United States on 19th September. The IPO price of Alibaba is 68 dollars, which raised 21.8 billion for the company on 18th September, and made Alibaba become the biggest U.S. IPO in the history. On 19TH September, the opening price of Alibaba is 92.7 dollars, and the market value of Alibaba was measured as 231 billion. The successful listed of Alibaba help Ma Yun become the richest man in China.
Ma Yun’s career can be described as legend: He founded Alibaba Group in 1999 with 17 coworkers and created Taobao in 2003, which shortly became the most useful e-commerce platform in China. The success of his career can be measured by the money he made, what’s more, it’s the significant impact he made on Chinese internet. He created a totally new commercial channel, which provides a lot of convenience for customer to easily have the access to all kinds of products and can compare different sellers just by looking through the website. Moreover, Taobao also provides a plenty of job opportunity for society. In a word, Ma Yun’s achievements have changed Chinese society hugely, and from now on, he is about to make the change of the whole word.
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