2007年11月,阿里巴巴成功在香港证券交易所上市后,阿里巴巴和首席执行官马云做出了一个非常痛苦的决定,让18罗汉从创始人的位置集体辞职,重新竞争职位,为阿里巴巴建立一个“合作伙伴”体系。留下的创始人仅剩6位。这六人分别是:马云、蔡崇信、彭蕾、戴珊、蒋芳、吴泳铭,所以只有六人还在阿里高层
After Alibaba was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in November 2007, Alibaba and its CEO Jack Ma made a very painful decision to have the 18 Arhats collectively resign from their positions as founders and compete for positions again to build a "partner" system for Alibaba. Only six founders are left. These six are: Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai, Lucy Peng, Shan Dai, Fang Jiang, and Yongming Wu, so only six people are still in Alibaba's senior management