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\"Jack-Ma-When-you-work-on-yourself-think-of-others-It's-only-when-other-secceed-and-are-happy-that-you-can-succeed-and-be-happy-too.\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack Ma<\/strong> is one of the richest men in China and the whole world. Founder of Alibaba Group<\/a>, one of the most important e-commerce consortia in the world, this multimillionaire didn\u2019t have a wealthy father or a good education.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, his tenacity (among many other virtues) transformed him into what some call \u201cthe Bill Gates of Asia\u201d.<\/strong> And to this, he responds: \u201cBill Gates and I have nothing in common. There is only one similarity. It\u2019s that both of us are very attractive men\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is Jack Ma. We are going to know him in more detail, (also including accusations which were the issue of some time ago); and we\u2019re going to share with you the 7 most inspirable tips and pieces of advice that we\u2019ve gathered from Jack Ma <\/strong>so you learn how to find your opportunity and be happy.<\/p>\n

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Jack Ma\u2019s History: His Origins, the Alibaba Empire and the Mass Pirating Scandal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

He is 52 years old. He is the most powerful man in China and the first millionaire from this country which made it onto the cover of Forbes.<\/p>\n

In almost all his known conferences and interviews, Jack Ma<\/strong> insists on telling how he learned English on his own. He was 12 years old and was working every day in a hotel in his city to offer guided tours to tourists in exchange for conversing in English with them. Isn\u2019t that cool?<\/p>\n

\"Rock-Star-retailer-Jack-Ma's-Alibaba-generated-more-online-revenue-during-Singles-Day-than-Black-Friday-and-Cyber-Monday<\/p>\n

Photo from Forbes.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re thinking that Jack Ma always gets what he wants. This isn\u2019t true.<\/strong> He tried to enter three prestigious Universities in his birth city, Hangzhou, but failed. What\u2019s even worse, he applied to Harvard 10 time and failed all 10 times. By force of frustration, he completed his studies of being a professor in an Institute from his city which is considered to be third or fourth in ranking.<\/p>\n

After stumbling with jobs that didn\u2019t mean much and in which he earned very little money, Jack Ma found his opportunity during a trip to the United States. It was the Internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was 1994. The Internet was just taking its first steps. Jack Ma knew nothing about computers. Nor did he know how to use a keyboard, but he knew from that moment on that he had to do something with the Internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His idea formed immediately: a lot of people in China would like to sell their products abroad, but they don\u2019t have anywhere to do it.\u00a0 The large traders were going to the best exhibitions of the world, but the small companies didn\u2019t have this option.<\/p>\n

And what should they do? They complained! There, in these complaints, Jack Ma discovered his grand opportunity and was encouraged to create a work team to make an online sales platform for the small traders. <\/strong>A lot of people were against this.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThey all were saying: this guy thinks different, crazy thoughts and things that could never work\u201d.<\/strong> Jack Ma quote<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Jack-Ma-Unique\"<\/p>\n

In this atmosphere was born what then later turned into Alibaba Group. For three years, Jack Ma\u2019s company didn\u2019t earn a single dollar. <\/strong>The only goal was to survive.<\/p>\n