Ma's exit comes as Alibaba has grown to become Asia's most valuable listed company, with a market capitalisation of $460 billion
Ma, one of China's wealthiest and best-known entrepreneurs, gave up his post on his 55th birthday as part of a succession announced a year ago
The Chinese juggernaut handles more business than any other company. Yet like many of its compatriots, it has struggled to expand into new markets
Apple fans will be able to watch the unveiling of the awaited iPhone 11 lineup on YouTube this year
We have already built a very solid foundation in e-commerce, said Daniel Zhang
Ma plans to put his vast fortune - among China's biggest at $41 billion - into initiatives serving his first love, education
The Chinese co-founder of Alibaba and the maverick industrialist behind Tesla and SpaceX frequently pulled pained expressions and raised eyebrows as they kicked off an AI conference
Just this year, Ma had endorsed the China tech sector's infamous 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week routine, so common it earned the moniker 996
The financial-technology boom that turned China into the world's biggest market for electronic payments is now changing how banks interact with companies that drive most of its economic growth
Ant Financial envisions having 300 million members within two years -- the equivalent of one in every five people in China
Online complaints included blaming long work hours for a lower birth rate in the country
China's tech industry is littered with tales of programmers and startup founders dying unexpectedly due to long hours
Evergrande Group owner Xu Jiayin's fortune of about $42.5 billion puts him ahead of Jack Ma ($35.4 billion) and Tencent founder Pony Ma Huateng ($35.3 billion)
Using marathons as a guinea pig, it's scooping up broadcast rights and collecting information on participants and viewers to sell them everything from running shoes to health insurance
The lines between business and politics have become increasingly hazy in China
Ma argued on Monday that the purpose of trade should be to promote peace and communication rather than conflict, and that the rise of protectionism is misguided
The aim was to train 1,000 tech leaders a year over the next 10 years
His retirement report sparked off speculation that he may be stepping down due to prevailing business environment in China
Ma had met US President Donald Trump two years ago and laid out Alibaba's plan to bring one million small US businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five years
The "accidental" businessman, who will step down as executive chairman of Alibaba in 12 months, is almost synonymous with Asia's most valuable company