Jack Ma

If you want to be successful, learn from the other’s mistakes. Most of the people who learn from their own mistakes are dead.

I’m not a tech guy. I don’t know how to write code. I don’t know how to design. I don’t even know how to use a computer very well.

The secret to happiness is knowing you are a complete idiot.

996 is a huge blessing. If you want to join Alibaba, you should be prepared to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. We don't need those who casually feel comfortable to join us.

I personally think that being able to work 996 is a huge blessing. Many companies and many people do not have the opportunity to work 996. If you don't do 996 when you are young, when can you do it?

Today is brutal, tomorrow is more brutal, but the day after tomorrow is beautiful. However, the majority of people will die tomorrow night.

The four letters 'e-commerce' were created by Americans. I just added a dot to the 'e'.

I tried to apply for 30 jobs, and got rejected from all of them. I even went to KFC when it came to China. Twenty-four people went for the job, twenty-three were accepted. I was the only guy.

I don't want to be loved, I want to be respected.

When you are small, you have to be very focused. When you are large, you have to be very broad.

If a person is not eating, not sleeping, not talking, not working, only thinking about money, then he is a robot.

Customers first, employees second, shareholders third.

I don't think we should make profit our first priority. If we make profit our first priority, we are not going to make profit.

The government should not interfere too much with the market. The market should be left to develop itself.

Chinese people hate Wall Street. But they learn from Wall Street.

We are going to make Alibaba a company that will last for 102 years. That means we will cross three centuries.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.

I want to change the world, even just a little bit.

The internet is not a bomb, it's a highway.

I tell my people, 'Don't listen to me if I'm wrong.'