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Jack Ma

1964 - Today

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Jack Ma Yun (Chinese: 马云; pinyin: Mǎ Yún; born 10 September 1964) is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. In addition, Ma is also the co-founder of Yunfeng Capital, a Chinese private equity firm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Ma has received more than 14,942,494 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Jack Ma is the 75th most popular businessperson (down from 60th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from China (down from 157th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Businessperson.

Jack Ma is most famous for founding the e-commerce company Alibaba.

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  • 15M

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  • 64.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jack Ma ranks 75 out of 847Before him are Calouste Gulbenkian, Bernie Ecclestone, J. Bruce Ismay, Richard Branson, Stan Kroenke, and Stanley Rous. After him are Robert McNamara, Kris Jenner, Louis Vuitton, Adnan Khashoggi, Mercédès Jellinek, and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jack Ma ranks 20Before him are Kamala Harris, Boris Johnson, Bebeto, Robert Fico, Michael Laudrup, and Rocco Siffredi. After him are Ronnie Coleman, Klaus Ebner, Nigel Farage, Michelle Obama, Courteney Cox, and Edi Rama.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jack Ma ranks 193 out of 1,610Before him are Empress Wanrong (1906), Longqing Emperor (1537), Emperor Ling of Han (156), Seiji Ozawa (1935), Gwanggaeto the Great (374), and Jiang Wei (202). After him are Jie of Xia (-1728), Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107), Xiahou Dun (155), John Woo (1946), Külüg Khan (1281), and Emperor Zhao of Han (-94).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In China

Among businesspeople born in China, Jack Ma ranks 1After him are Li Ka-shing (1928), Ren Zhengfei (1944), Rebiya Kadeer (1946), Morris Chang (1931), Jimmy Lai (1948), Ma Huateng (1971), Lei Jun (1969), Lee Shau-kee (1929), Wang Jianlin (1954), Li Ning (1963), and Henry Luce (1898).