Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team's all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It's easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives.

I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. Alibaba is easy to spell, and people everywhere associate that with "Open, Sesame," the command that Ali Baba used to open doors to hidden treasures in One Thousand and One Nights.

A good job isn't something you go out and find, it's something you discover while you're working.

In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up.

Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

Yahoo today is not a portal. Yahoo today is a search engine.