Jack Yun MA is our lead founder and, since May 2013, has served as
our executive chairman. From our founding in 1999 through May 2013, Jack served
as our chairman and chief executive officer. He is also the founder of the Zhejiang-based
Jack Ma Foundation. Jack currently serves on the board of SoftBank Group Corp.,
one of our major shareholders and a Japanese corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum,
chairman of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairman of the China
Entrepreneur Club. In May 2019, he was renamed as a Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) advocate by the United Nations. Jack graduated from Hangzhou Teachers
Institute with a major in English language education.
Joseph C. TSAI joined our company in 1999 as a member of the Alibaba
founding team and has served on our board of directors since our inception.
He was chief financial officer until 2013 and is currently our executive vice
chairman. He serves on our investment committee and Ant Financials investment
committee, and is a founding member of Alibaba Partnership. From 1995 to 1999,
he was a private equity investor based in Hong Kong with Investor AB, the main
investment vehicle of Swedens Wallenberg family. Prior to that, he was general
counsel of Rosecliff, Inc., a management buyout firm based in New York. From
1990 to 1993, Joe was an associate attorney in the tax group of Sullivan &
Cromwell LLP, a New York-based international law firm. Joe is qualified to practice
law in the State of New York. He received his bachelors degree in Economics
and East Asian Studies from Yale College and a juris doctor degree from Yale
Law School.
Daniel Yong ZHANG has been our Chief Executive Officer since May
2015 and our director since September 2014. Mr. Zhang is also currently a member
of Ant Financials investment committee. Prior to his current role, he served
as our Chief Operating Officer from September 2013 to May 2015. He joined our
company in August 2007 as Chief Financial Officer of Taobao Marketplace and
served in this position until June 2011. He took on the additional role of general
manager for Tmall.com in August 2008, which he performed concurrently until
his appointment as president of Tmall.com in June 2011 when Tmall.com became
an independent platform. Prior to joining Alibaba, Mr. Zhang served as Chief
Financial Officer of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, an online game
developer and operator then listed on Nasdaq, from September 2005 to August
2007. From 2002 to 2005, he was a senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Audit and Business Advisory Division in Shanghai. Mr. Zhang is the chairman
of Sun Art, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also serves
on the board of Weibo, a company listed on the Nasdaq. Mr. Zhang received a
bachelors degree in finance from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
J. Michael EVANS has been our president since August 2015 and our director
since September 2014. Mr. Evans served as Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. from February 2008 until his retirement in December 2013. Mr. Evans
served as chairman of Asia operations at Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2013 and
was the global head of Growth Markets at Goldman Sachs from January 2011 to
December 2013. He also co-chaired the Business Standards Committee of Goldman
Sachs from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Evans joined Goldman Sachs in 1993, became a partner
of the firm in 1994 and held various leadership positions within the firms
securities business while based in New York and London, including global head
of equity capital markets and global co-head of the equities division, and global
co-head of the securities business. Mr. Evans is a board member of City Harvest.
He is also a trustee of the Asia Society and a member of the Advisory Council
for the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University. In August 2014,
Mr. Evans joined the board of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Evans received his
bachelors degree in politics from Princeton University in 1981.
Eric Xiandong JING has been our director since September 2016.
He is currently the chief executive officer of Ant Financial, and has also served
as chairman of Ant Financial starting in April 2018. Prior to his current position,
Mr. Jing served as president of Ant Financial from June 2015 to October 2016,
and chief operating officer of Ant Financial from October 2014 to June 2015.
Prior to that, he served as Alipays chief financial officer. Before joining
Alipay in September 2009, he was senior corporate finance director and corporate
finance vice president of Alibaba.com from 2007 to 2009. Previously, Mr. Jing
was the chief financial officer of Guangzhou Pepsi Cola Beverage Co. from 2004
to 2006. He also held management positions in several Coca-Cola bottling companies
across China. Currently, Mr. Jing also serves as a director of Hundsun Technologies,
a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Jing received an MBA degree
from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a bachelors
degree in economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Masayoshi SON has been our director since 2005. Mr. Son is the founder, Chairman
and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG), a global technology company that aspires
to drive the Information Revolution. Founded in 1981, SBG and its portfolio
companies cover a range of technologies, including advanced telecommunications,
Internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy. Mr Son is also
the chairman of SoftBank Corp., the domestic telecommunications subsidiary of
SBG, director of Yahoo Japan Corporation and Director of Sprint Corporation.
He also serves as Chairman and Director of Arm Limited. Mr. Son received a bachelors
degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Chee Hwa TUNG has been our director since September 2014 and is
the Vice Chairman of the Thirteenth National Committee of the Chinese Peoples
Political Consultative Conference of the PRC, which is an important institution
of multiparty cooperation and political consultation in the PRC. Mr. Tung is
the Founding Chairman of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, which
is a non-profit organization registered in Hong Kong to promote understanding
and strengthening relationships between China and the United States. Mr. Tung
is also the chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation Limited, a non-government,
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the long-term and overall interests
of Hong Kong. Mr. Tung also serves in various public sector and advisory positions,
including as a member of the J.P. Morgan International Council, the China Development
Bank International Advisory Committee and the Advisory Board of the Schwarzman
Scholars Program at Tsinghua University. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Tung
served as the First Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region from July 1997 to March 2005. Mr. Tung had a successful and distinguished
career in business, including serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, an SEHK-listed company with its
principal business activities in container transport and logistics services
on a global scale. Mr. Tung received a bachelors degree in science from the
University of Liverpool.
Walter Teh Ming KWAUK has been our director since September 2014.
He previously served as an independent non-executive director and chairman of
the audit committee of Alibaba.com Limited, one of our subsidiaries, which was
listed on the SEHK, from October 2007 to July 2012. Mr. Kwauk is currently a
senior adviser of Motorola Solutions (China) Co., Ltd. and serves as an independent
non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of each of Sinosoft
Technology Group Limited, a company listed on the SEHK, and WuXi Biologics (Cayman)
Inc., a company listed on the SEHK and Hua Medicine (Shanghai) Ltd., a company
listed on the SEHK, and as a director of several private companies. Mr. Kwauk
was a vice president of Motorola Solutions, Inc. and its director of corporate
strategic finance and tax, Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Kwauk served
with KPMG from 1977 to 2002 and held a number of senior positions, including
the general manager of KPMGs joint venture accounting firm in Beijing, the
managing partner in KPMGs Shanghai office and a partner in KPMGs Hong Kong
Office. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Kwauk received a bachelors degree in science and a licentiates degree
in accounting from the University of British Columbia.
Jerry YANG has been our director since September 2014. Mr. Yang
previously served as our director from October 2005 to January 2012. Since March
2012, Mr. Yang has served as the founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, a venture
capital firm. Mr. Yang is a co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., and served as Chief Yahoo!
and as a member of its board of directors from March 1995 to January 2012. In
addition, he served as Yahoo!s Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to January
2009. From January 1996 to January 2012, Mr. Yang served as a director of Yahoo!
Japan. Mr. Yang also served as an independent director of Cisco Systems, Inc.
from July 2000 to November 2012. He is currently an independent director of
Workday Inc., a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and Lenovo Group
Ltd., a company listed on the SEHK. He also serves as a director of various
private companies and foundations. Mr. Yang received a bachelors degree and
a masters degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where
he is serving on the Universitys Board of Trustees beginning in October 2017.
He was previously on Stanfords Board of Trustees from 2005 to 2015, including
being a vice chair.
E. Börje EKHOLM has been our director since June 2015. Mr. Ekholm is since
January 2017 the president and Chief Executive Officer of Ericsson. Prior to
his current position, Mr. Ekholm was head of Patricia Industries, a newly created
division of Investor AB, a Swedish investment company, where he has held a variety
of management positions since joining the firm in 1992. Mr. Ekholm served as
president and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors
of Investor AB from September 2005 to May 2015. Prior to becoming president
and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ekholm was a member of the management group
of Investor AB. Previously, Mr. Ekholm worked at McKinsey & Co. Inc. Mr.
Ekholm currently serves as a member of the board of Ericsson, as a member of
the board of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in New York and as a member
of the board of trustees of the independent school Choate Rosemary Hall. Mr.
Ekholm received a masters degree in electrical engineering from KTH Royal Institute
of Technology and a masters degree in business administration from INSEAD.
Wan Ling MARTELLO has been our director since September 2015. She served as
the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Asia, Oceania,
and Subsaharan Africa region for Nestlé SA from May 2015 to December
2018. She was Nestlés global chief financial officer from April 2012
to May 2015, and executive vice president from November 2011 to March 2012.
Prior to Nestlé, Ms. Martello was a senior executive at Walmart Stores
Inc. from 2005 to 2011. Her roles included executive vice president and chief
operating officer for Global eCommerce, and senior vice president, chief financial
officer and strategy for Walmart International. Before Walmart, she was president,
U.S.A. at NCH Marketing Services Inc. She was with the firm from 1998 to 2005.
She also worked at Borden Foods Corporation and Kraft Inc. where she held various
senior management positions. Ms. Martello received a masters degree in business
administration (management information systems) from the University of Minnesota
and a bachelors degree in business administration and accountancy from the
University of the Philippines.
Maggie Wei WU has been our chief financial officer since May 2013.
Maggie joined our company in July 2007 as chief financial officer of Alibaba.com.
She was voted best CFO in FinanceAsias annual poll for Asias Best Managed
Companies in 2010. In 2018, she was named one of the worlds 100 most powerful
women by Forbes. Before joining Alibaba, Maggie was an audit partner at KPMG
in Beijing. Maggie is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
(ACCA). She received a bachelors degree in accounting from Capital University
of Economics and Business.
Judy Wenhong TONG has been our chief people officer since January
2017. Since joining our company in 2000, she has served as director and senior
director in various departments in our company, including administration, customer
service and human resources. Between 2007 and 2013, she served as vice president
and senior vice president in various departments, including construction, real
estate and procurement. Starting in 2013, Ms. Tong led the formation of Cainiao
Network and served at various times as chief operating officer, president, chief
executive officer and non-executive chairwoman, overseeing the operations of
the company. Ms. Tong received a bachelors degree from Zhejiang University.
Jeff Jianfeng ZHANG has served as our chief technology officer
since April 2016 and president of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence since November
2018. Previously, Mr. Zhang was president of China retail marketplaces from
May 2015 to April 2016, and president of Taobao Marketplace and the wireless
business division prior to that. He joined our company in July 2004 and has
held various management positions, at different times leading Taobao Marketplaces
technology teams, the B2C development team, Alibaba.coms China operations,
local services, 1688.com, and Tmall.com. Mr. Zhang studied computer science
at Zhejiang University.
Sophie Minzhi WU has been our chief customer officer since January
2017. Prior to her current position, Ms. Wu served as president of Alibaba.com
and 1688.com, our international and China wholesale marketplaces. From October
2014 to February 2015, she also led the Rural Taobao team. Previously, she was
vice president of Alibaba.coms supplier service division, responsible for leading
her team to optimize service to China Gold Supplier members and enhancing supplier
quality. In July 2012, she was appointed the head of Alibaba.coms international
operations and later also took charge of 1688.com. Ms. Wu joined our company
in November 2000 and has served in several sales management roles, including
general manager of regional sales, director and vice president of China Gold
Supplier sales, and vice president of China TrustPass sales. Before joining
Alibaba Group, Ms. Wu was sales and customer manager at a technology development
company wholly owned by Zhejiang University. She holds a bachelors degree in
international trade from Zhejiang University and an EMBA degree from China Europe
International Business School.
Timothy A. STEINERT has been our general counsel since July 2007 and also serves
as our secretary. Mr. Steinert represents Alibaba on the NYSE Listed Company
Advisory Board. From 1999 until he joined our company, Mr. Steinert was a partner
in the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. From 1994 to 1999,
he was an associate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell in Hong Kong and New
York, and from 1989 to 1994, he was an associate attorney at Coudert Brothers
in Beijing and New York. Mr. Steinert is qualified to practice law in the State
of New York and in Hong Kong. He received a bachelors degree in history from
Yale College and a juris doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law.
Jessie Junfang ZHENG has been our chief risk officer since December
2017, responsible for data and information security across our platforms, and
our chief platform governance officer since December 2015, responsible for the
governance of our retail and wholesale marketplaces. Prior to her current position,
she served as our deputy chief financial officer from November 2013 to June
2016, and financial vice president of Alibaba.com from December 2010 to October
2013. Before joining our company, Ms. Zheng was an audit partner at KPMG. Jessie
received a bachelors degree in accounting from Northeastern University in China.
Chris Pen-hung TUNG joined our company as chief marketing officer
in January 2016. He was also president of Alimama from November 2017 to November
2018. Prior to his current position, he was the chief executive officer of VML
China, a marketing agency, from October 2010 to January 2016. Prior to joining
VML, he was at PepsiCo China from October 2004 to October 2010 where he served
as vice president of marketing. Prior to that, Mr. Tung worked at Proctor &
Gamble from 1995 to 1998, Gigamedia from 1998 to 2001 and LOréal from
2001 to 2003 in various senior management positions. He is currently a director
of Ruhnn Holding Limited, a company listed on Nasdaq. He received a bachelors
degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a masters
degree in industrial engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Trudy Shan DAI joined our company in 1999 as a member of our founding
team and has been president of Alibaba.com and 1688.com, our international and
China wholesale marketplaces since January 2017, as well as of AliExpress, our
international retail marketplace. Prior to her current position, Ms. Dai was
our chief customer officer from June 2014 to January 2017 and served as senior
vice president of human resources and administration of Taobao and Alibaba.com
as well as our deputy chief people officer and chief people officer from 2009
to 2014. She was general manager of Alibaba.coms international operations from
2007 to 2008. Prior to that, she was vice president of human resources of China
Yahoo! and the first general manager of Alibaba.coms Guangzhou branch, in charge
of field and telephone sales, marketing and human resources in Guangdong Province.
From 2002 to 2005, Ms. Dai served as senior sales director of China TrustPass
in Alibaba.coms China marketplace division. She received a bachelors degree
in engineering from Hangzhou Institute of Electrical Engineering.
Fan JIANG has served as president of Taobao since December 2017
and president of Tmall since March 2019. Prior to his current position, he had
been responsible for the Taobao app since joining our company in August 2013.
Previously, he founded and served as the chief executive officer of Umeng, a
provider of mobile app analytics solutions for developers which we acquired.
Before founding Umeng in 2010, he worked in product development at Google China.
Mr. Jiang received a bachelors degree in computer science from Fudan University.
Yvonne Yifen CHANG rejoined our company as president of Alimama
in November 2018. From May 2007 to April 2009, she was our vice president of
pay-for-performance, search engine and monetization. From August 2016 to November
2018, Ms. Chang was the executive vice president, Asia Pacific, of global advertising
technology firm Criteo, where she oversaw operations in Australia, China, India,
Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Prior to that, from December 2014 to May 2016,
Ms. Chang was president of Eastern Broadcasting, one of Taiwans largest media
companies, after working at Yahoo! from 2009 to 2014, where she was vice president
of advertising solutions for Asia Pacific and managing director for India and
Southeast Asia. She brings more than 15 years of experience in leadership roles
within the advertising technology industry. Ms. Chang received a bachelors
degree in journalism from Taiwan National Chengchi University and a masters
degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
Luyuan FAN has served as president of our Digital Media & Entertainment
Group since November 2018. He has been an executive director of Alibaba Pictures
since January 2016, and currently serves as the chief executive officer and
chairman of Alibaba Pictures. He joined Alipay in 2007, where he served in a
number of senior management positions, including the president of Alipay and
the president of Ant Financials wealth management business. Mr. Fan holds an
executive masters degree in business administration from Cheung Kong Graduate
School of Business.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited currently has 245700 employees.
