Jack Ma

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

— Jack Ma

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

— Jack Ma

We should never finish a 20 year program in two year.

— Jack Ma

Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.

— Jack Ma

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

— Jack Ma

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

— Jack Ma

Opportunities are where the complaints are.

— Jack Ma

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

— Jack Ma

Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

— Jack Ma

It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn…

— Jack Ma

Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?

— Jack Ma

Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person.

— Jack Ma

The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.

— Jack Ma

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

— Jack Ma

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

— Jack Ma

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

— Jack Ma

When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of…

— Jack Ma

Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may…

— Jack Ma

I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to…

— Jack Ma

Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it…

— Jack Ma

The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they…

— Jack Ma

If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never…

— Jack Ma

I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my…

— Jack Ma

I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not…

— Jack Ma

I always tell myself that we are born here not to work, but to enjoy life. We are here to make things…

— Jack Ma

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and…

— Jack Ma

I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002,…

— Jack Ma

What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy…

— Jack Ma

Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same:…

— Jack Ma

When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of…

— Jack Ma

If you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how…

— Jack Ma

What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your…

— Jack Ma

You never know how much can you do in your life.

— Jack Ma

Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are.

— Jack Ma

Find the right people, not the best people.

— Jack Ma

The very important thing you should have is patience.

— Jack Ma

If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.

— Jack Ma

I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger.

— Jack Ma

I want people to learn what democracy means.

— Jack Ma

The name Jack was given by an American tourist.

— Jack Ma