Alibaba's 18 founders: Jack Ma, Zhang Ying, Sun Tongyu, Wu Yongming, Sheng Yifei, Lou Wensheng, Peng Lei, Ma Changwei, Han Min, Joseph Tsai, Jiang Fang, Xie Shihuang, Dai Shan, Jin Yuanying, Shi Yufeng, Rao Tongtong, Jin Jianhang, Zhou Yuehong.

In 1999, Alibaba was founded by the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The initial team of 18 people was called the 18 Arhats. The subsequent story is well known to everyone. With the listing of Alibaba. The least of them would have hundreds of millions, even tens of billions, tens of billions, and they have long achieved financial freedom

The first category is the founding team represented by Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai, with a total of 7 people, namely Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai, Wu Yongming, Peng Lei, Dai Shan, Jin Jianhang and Jiang Fang.

The second category is the partners who joined the company before 2004 and were trained by Alibaba itself. There are 12 people in total, namely, Lu Zhaoxi, Jiang Peng, Peng Yijie, Tong Wenhong, Wang Shuai, Wu Minzhi, Zhang Jianfeng, Zhang Yu, Cai Jingxian, Ni Xingjun, Fang Yongxin, and Sun Lijun.

The third category is senior management talents from various fields such as finance, legal affairs, and technology who joined the company after 2004. There are 15 people in total, namely, Cheng Li, Fan Luyuan, Hu Xiaoming, Jing Xiandong, Liu Zhenfei, Shao Xiaofeng, Timothy A. STEINERT, Wang Jian, Wu Wei, Yu Siying, Zeng Ming, Zhang Yong, Yu Yongfu (Weibo), Zheng Junfang, and Zhao Ying.