Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun

This was supposed to be Jack Ma’s finest hour: a year ago to the day, his Ant Group was meant to go public in a $37 billion blaze of glory. Instead Beijing reined in his empire, abruptly clipping the wings of corporate China’s biggest star. Now, to the cautious cheer of investors, the billionaire Alibaba…

Where is Jack Ma? He is now focussing on hobbies and philanthropy

Alibaba’s executive vice-chairman and co-founder Joe Tsai said in an interview that Jack Ma is lying low and that he has taken up painting as a hobby. HIGHLIGHTS Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma had given a controversial speech in October last year after which he had hardly appeared in public. Chinese regulators reportedly…