Jack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group

Jack Ma founded Alibaba Group in 1999. He has served as Alibaba’s executive chairman since
May 2013, and previously as chairman and chief executive officer. Jack is also the founder of
the Zhejiang-based Jack Ma Foundation. Jack founded Alibaba based on the belief that the
Internet could democratize the playing field for all types of businesses, particularly small
businesses. This tenet continues to underpin his vision for Alibaba, both in China and around
the world.

In September 2016, Jack was named special adviser of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) for Youth Entrepreneurship and Small Business. He also served as
chair of the 2016 B20 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Development Taskforce,
where he called for the establishment of an Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP), an
internet-based trading platform to help bring small businesses into the global economy and
make it easier for them to expand trading capabilities worldwide.

Jack currently serves on the Board of SoftBank Group Corp., a Japanese corporation listed on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic
Forum, a member of the Board of the Breakthrough Energy Ventures, chairman of the Zhejiang
Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. In January 2016, he was
named a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) advocate by the United Nations. In July 2018,
he was appointed as Co-Chair of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-level Panel on
Digital Cooperation.

Jack graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute with a major in English language education.