Jack MaInternet tycoon Jack Ma, who founded Alibaba Group and helped launch China’s online retailing boom, announced on Sept. 10 that he would step down as company chair in September 2019. ADVERTISEMENTA former English teacher, Ma founded Alibaba in 1999 when e-commerce was still in its infancy. Ma, known in Chinese as Ma Yun, said he wanted to “return to education” where he thinks he could do better than being CEO. He can never be as rich as Microsoft’s Bill Gates, but he can retire earlier, he said. Osaka defeated Williams, 6-2, 6-4 to become the first player of Japanese descent to win a Grand Slam.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 15, 2018 23:25 UTC