I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

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.

When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.

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 peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.