Ma was born in China. He began studying English at a
young age by conversing with English-speakers at Hangzhou international hotel. He would ride 70 miles on his bicycle to give tourists tours of the area to practice his English for nine years. He became pen pals with one of those foreigners, who nicknamed him "Jack" because he found it hard to pronounce his Chinese name……
Now he is the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate.
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