Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma.

Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Alibaba Group or Alibaba) was founded in 1999 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang by 18 people, led by Jack Ma, who used to be an English teacher.

On September 19, 2014, Alibaba Group was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the stock code "BABA". The founder and chairman of the board of directors is Jack Ma.

The founder of Alibaba is Jack Ma.

In 1988, he graduated from the Foreign Language Department of Hangzhou Normal University. In the same year, he worked as an English and international trade teacher at Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Industry. In 1995, he founded China's first Internet business information publishing website.

Founded by Jack Ma, the main founder of Alibaba Group. He currently serves as a director of SoftBank Japan, Chairman of the China Council and Global Board Member of The Nature Conservancy, Director of Huayi Brothers, Director of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, and Co-Chair of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Alibaba) was founded on February 21, 1999 by Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai and 18 others in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Alibaba is the first Chinese Internet company to be listed on both the US and Hong Kong stock markets. As of April 26, 2023, Alibaba Group's US stock market value is approximately US$214.094 billion, and its Hong Kong stock market value is approximately HK$1.72 trillion. The third quarter financial results of fiscal year 2023 show that Alibaba's third quarter revenue was 247.76 billion yuan.