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#32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

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Alibaba's Relationship With Yahoo Was Stronger Than With SoftBank

Jack revealed that his disagreement with Maoshi Son was long standing, that he had been fighting over it regularly in the past few years. Jack also contrasted his approach to equity ownership and Son's: 17,000 employees at Alibaba have shares; my share has been getting smaller and smaller. While Jack professed his admiration for Son's skills of negotiation, he also said Son is the world's number one iron rooster.

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