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Apr 24, 2023
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MARKETPLACE

Why global investors ask: Where’s Jack Ma?

In 1999, Ma created Alibaba.com along with 17 partners. The site helps connect small Chinese manufacturers to overseas businesses. Brian Wong from Palo Alto, California, was an Alibaba executive for almost two decades. He recalls the early days.
Apr 12, 2023
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Nikkei Asia

Jack Ma's China homecoming heralds new era for Alibaba

When billionaire Jack Ma flew to Hangzhou on the morning of March 27, few could have predicted the domino chain of events that would shortly unfold...
Mar 31, 2023
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Bloomberg Businessweek

Alibaba's restructuring, its implications and how it plays into the company's management ethos as per the Tao of Alibaba

Commentary starts at 9:30 mins. Brian Wong, entrepreneur and former Alibaba executive, discusses Alibaba’s plans to split its $220 billion empire into six business units. Brian is the author of The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World.
Feb 14, 2023
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On Call with Insignia Ventures

Call #114: The Tao Of Alibaba In Action: Governance, Crisis Management, Leadership Hiring, ESG, And More With Brian Wong

At the turn of the millennium, a Chinese American still fresh into his career and working at the time for the San Francisco County made a fateful decision to fly to Hangzhou and become the first American to join a small company of around 50 other people to build a then little known business marketplace called Alibaba.com.
Feb 14, 2023
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Stanford Social Innovation Review

E-Commerce Disruption

An excerpt from The Tao of Alibaba on the new digital frontier in developing economies. In this excerpt, I share the story behind a significant new initiative for Alibaba as it sought to move beyond an e-commerce enterprise focused on maximizing profits, and create a replicable model for leveraging digital ecosystems for growing prosperity.
Feb 06, 2023
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BIG THINK

The Taoist philosophy behind Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant

Alibaba is the world's largest online retailer, by some measures. In The Tao of Alibaba, Brian A. Wong explores the philosophy behind the retail giant and its effects on China's decades-long economic transformation. Alibaba is in a constant state of becoming, adapting, and changing, but it has stayed faithful to a steady set of principles, according to Wong.
Jan 31, 2023
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Next Big Idea Club

The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World

Brian shares 5 key insights from his new book, The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World. Listen to the audio version—read by Brian himself—in the Next Big Idea App.
Jan 25, 2023
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Business Insider

Inside the private meeting at Jack Ma's apartment where he plotted to take on Silicon Valley with a trusted 'ragtag bunch' of early employees

Jack Ma plotted Alibaba's rise with a bunch of former students, a few English teachers, some trading company employees, a journalist, and IT graduates fresh out of college. Few had internet experience, and only a handful had traveled outside China, Wong writes.
Jan 23, 2023
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Commonwealth Club of San Francisco

Brian Wong: The Tao of Alibaba

If you took the economic might of Amazon, and added the penetration of Facebook, the ubiquity of Google, and the cultural significance of YouTube, you might have something starting to resemble Alibaba.
Jan 10, 2023
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BBC Business Daily

Who is Jack Ma?

Brian Wong, former special assistant to Mr Ma, on working at Alibaba and what lies ahead.
Jan 06, 2023
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Investor's Business Daily

Pick Yourself Up From Setbacks With This Underappreciated Trait

You might think you have things planned to a T. But problems happen. The key is how well you respond with resilience to setbacks.
Fall 2022
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AMA QUARTERLY

The Road That Led to Alibaba

Alibaba was conceived at a time before China had undergone digital transformation.
Nov 28, 2022
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

‘The Tao of Alibaba’ Review: Doing Business Anywhere

An early Alibaba employee offers an admiring survey of the Chinese giant’s unorthodox management philosophy.
Nov 10, 2022
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Cheddar TV

Ex-Alibaba Executive Discusses Company's Journey to Tech Giant From Startup

Alibaba is one of the most recognizable and valuable companies in the world. Brian Wong, a former executive with the fintech giant, joined Cheddar News to discuss its journey to becoming a heavyweight e-commerce company and the experience of working with Jack Ma.
Nov 03, 2022
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Bloomberg Technology

How Jack Ma Built Up Alibaba

Former Alibaba Vice President of Global Initiatives Brian Wong joins Emily Chang to discuss his latest book, 'The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World' and the insight it provides into the company’s rise.
Nov 02, 2022
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Business Insider

The former assistant to Jack Ma reveals the 'secret sauce' behind Alibaba's meteoric rise in a new book

In a new book, Wong details Alibaba's management ethos and how it can be applied by others to achieve similar success.
Nov 02, 2022
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Bloomberg Businessweek

Behind the Scenes Look at the Success of Alibaba

Former Alibaba executive Brian Wong discusses his book The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.
Oct 06, 2022
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NEXT BIG IDEAS CLUB

Next Big Ideas Club - Must Read selection for November Nominees

This is the first book to articulate how Alibaba’s unique culture and “tai chi” management principles are providing a business and economic development model for the rest of the world.
Oct 01, 2022
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Thought Economics

A Conversation with Brian A. Wong on The Tao of Alibaba: The Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World.

In this interview, Thought Economics speaks to Brian A. Wong about the management philosophy of Alibaba and how purpose-led entrepreneurship played a key role in creating one of the world’s fastest growing, and most successful businesses.
Sep 22, 2022
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BEYOND EXPO 2022

Is Drought Season Here?

As an important driving force of scientific and technological innovation, financial capital is also an indispensable part of the ecology of scientific and technological innovation.
Apr 11, 2022
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EAST WEST BANK

Brian Wong: Bridging East and West with Youth Culture

Former Alibaba exec and founder of RADII talks bridging East and West with China’s youth culture.
Feb 24, 2022
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WORLD BANK BLOGS

What can Indonesia learn from China’s digital economic transformation?

Chen (24) and his wife, Ding (24), are store owners on Taobao.com, one of China’s largest online shopping platforms.
Jun 4, 2020
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

How digital entrepreneurs will help shape the world after the COVID-19 pandemic

The ability to leverage digital tools has become a must for entrepreneurs, to survive the ongoing crisis.
Dec 12, 2019
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DIGITAL NEWS ASIA

DESA: Helping rural Malaysian farmers reap the rewards of e-commerce

THE DESA project, a new initiative to help rural SMEs find a market for their goods through e-commerce, was launched in conjunction with e-Commerce Day 2019.
Sep 3, 2019
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

From Hangzhou to Rwanda: what Jack Ma is bringing to Africa’s digital transformation

When Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, first visited Africa a couple of years ago, he discovered many similarities between Africa now and China when he founded Alibaba.
Jul 9, 2018
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CNBC AFRICA

Chinese internet giant Alibaba shares its plans for Africa

From June 19-29, 29 Africa-based entrepreneurs from 11 countries participated in a flagship programme hosted by Alibaba Business School and UNCTAD.
Dec 21, 2017
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QUARTZ

“A collective mindset”: What a Chinese tech giant wants foreign hires to understand about China

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding globally, with R&D centers planned all over the world.
Dec 20, 2017
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QUARTZ

On the Alibaba campus, ambition and humility are both on display

A campus can reveal a lot about a company’s culture.