Jack Ma 1st appearance via video link since October reassures the world

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2 min readJan 20, 2021
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Jack Ma reappears via a video link first time since October. Ma has been reported missing in action since October by the press worldwide. His disappearance from public life has been a big cause of concern for the world media.

The Alibaba group founder however is reported to have been maintaining a low profile since his Ant Financials IPO was stalled by the Beijing government in October 2020. Ant Financial was on its road to raise a whopping amount of $37 billion via a blockbuster IPO.

There were also enough big-ticket investors lining up for the said IPO. A day before it was set to hit the markets, It was stalled all of a sudden causing a major heartbreak for many of these investors around the world.

Jack Ma appeared for an annual rural teachers award ceremony event which is organized by the Jack Ma Foundation. It was first held in 2015 and has been a regular yearly event thereafter.

“we’ll meet again when the [COVID-19] epidemic is over!” Tianmu News reported, a news site from the Zhejiang Province. Alibaba is headquartered in the same province.

Jack Ma’s reappearance assures the world Community

The Alibaba and Ant Financial founder has been reported missing for some months now. The world press has also been curious about his whereabouts after the IPO flip flop. Ma’s reappearance assures the world community that he is safe and sound for now.

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The Chinese government has pressed for tougher scrutiny of the Ant Group. It has in fact accused the group of trying to control the domestic financial market with its Monopoly position.

Although his appearance would mellow down some of the rumor’s going around in the world media. Press is still waiting to know about his exact whereabouts and if he is in any kind of home arrest. The reason for worry is simple, there have been enough examples of Chinese entrepreneurs and billionaires missing and disappearing from public life

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