Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma (File photo)
BEIJING: Jack Ma was conspicuously absent from a list of China’s entrepreneurial greats published by state media on Tuesday, underscoring how the the iconic Alibaba co-founder has run afoul of Beijing.
Ma, lionized at home for creating some of his country’s largest corporations, didn’t make the cut in a Shanghai Securities News front-page commentary lauding the leading lights of technology. Instead, the official Chinese paper held up archrival Pony Ma as “rewriting the mobile age” with Tencent Holdings Ltd. Also on its list were BYD Co Chairman Wang Chuanfu, Xiaomi Corp co-founder Lei Jun and Huawei Technologies Co’s Ren Zhengfei.
Bad omen for Jack Ma? Alibaba founder removed from Chinese media s top business leaders list
The Shanghai Securities News has conspicuously ignored the name of Jack Ma in its front-page commentary while it lauded other leading businessmen in bringing technology revolution in the country
BusinessToday.In | February 2, 2021 | Updated 12:42 IST
Jack Ma, a ruling Communist Party member, stepped down as Alibaba chairman in 2019. (Photo: Reuters)
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been delisted from Chinese entrepreneurial leaders list published by the country s official state media. The Shanghai Securities News has conspicuously ignored the name of Ma in its front-page commentary while it lauded other leading businessmen in bringing technology revolution in the country.
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