Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Living in Tokyo for Half a Year
英国《金融时报》称，阿里巴巴创始人马云在东京生活了半年
中文简介：该报援引知情人士的话说，这位阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司的联合创始人在日本逗留期间经常去乡下旅行，并定期访问美国和以色列。马云是总部位于东京的软银集团公司创始人孙正义的密友，也是阿里巴巴的早期投资者。英国《金融时报》称，在东京，马云一直在银座和丸之内中心区的几家私人会员俱乐部工作。该报补充说，他还带来了私人厨师和保安人员，并成为一名热情的现代艺术收藏家。
Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma has been living in Tokyo for nearly six months, after Beijing’s crackdown on the technology sector, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
The co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has punctuated his stay in Japan with trips to the countryside and regular visits to the US and Israel, the paper said, citing people with knowledge of his whereabouts. Ma is a close friend of Masayoshi Son, founder of Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. and an early investor in Alibaba.
Once China’s wealthiest and most prominent tech leader, Ma retreated from the spotlight in recent years after his criticism of government regulation landed him in trouble with Beijing, derailing the initial public offering of fintech giant Ant Group Co. That was followed by an expansive crackdown on the private sector in China, particularly aimed at reining in the power of internet firms. His rare public appearances since then have been closely watched.
In Tokyo, Ma has kept to a handful of private members’ clubs in the central districts of Ginza and Marunouchi, the FT said. He’s also brought along his personal chef and security staff and become an enthusiastic modern art collector, the paper added.
Ma, previously a high-profile fixture at business conferences, led large-scale international donations of protective equipment and other gear the world needed in the early days of the pandemic.
