“Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.”

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

Intelligent people need a fool to lead them.

I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.

If we go to work at 8 a.m. and go home at 5 p.m., this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years.

Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years.

I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes.

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.

I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee’s.

Don’t hire the most qualified, hire the craziest

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

I don’t care about revenues.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets, any sound investment will eventually pay off.

Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

I learned from my father that you continue to invest and reinvest in your business – including during crises.

Don’t be afraid to smoke the competition, because you are the only competition.

Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.

As a culture, it’s imperative to expand our business standards to completely own the establishment that we operate out of.

Luck is not a business model.

The changes needed to safeguard future living conditions for all species won’t come from governments or businesses. It will come from best available science and public opinion. So its unto us. Spread the science.