China's billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma is "lying low" and avoiding the spotlight, according to an Alibaba executive. After running into trouble with the Chinese government, Ma is keeping a low profile and has taken up painting as a hobby, according to his close business partner Joseph Tsai.
Last year, Ma was summoned by China바카라s financial regulators and his company was fined USD 2.8 billion for allegedly indulging in a monopolistic act of abusing its dominant market position.
Joe Tsai, who co-founded the Chinese e-commerce giant with Ma said, 바카라He is living a normal life.바카라
바카라He is lying low right now,바카라 Tsai, executive vice-chairman of Alibaba was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post owned by Ma.
바카라I talk to him every day and message him through our internal messaging platform. He is actually doing very, very well. He has taken up painting as a hobby. It is pretty good.바카라
The formerly outspoken Ma has made only rare public appearances since criticising China바카라s financial regulatory system last October during the Bund Summit, an event attended by hundreds of bankers and regulators in Shanghai.
This speech riled the ruling Communist Party-led government which in turn launched a probe against his firm. His prolonged absence created speculation about his whereabouts.
Tsai noted that Ma had already stepped down from his chairmanship and CEO role at Alibaba two years ago, and was now focused on hobbies and philanthropy.
바카라That is what he is, now. He바카라s living a normal life, after business,바카라 Tsai said.
바카라He is just like you and me, a normal individual. He has built a tremendous company of this scale, and has done great things for society 바카라 and today he just wants to focus on something he really wants to spend time on, all the hobbies, the philanthropy, and that바카라s where he is now.바카라
Alibaba went through a stormy 2020, with Ma being summoned by national regulators after he likened traditional Chinese banks to 바카라pawn shops바카라 and questioned whether the Basel Accords 바카라 a set of global banking regulatory recommendations 바카라 were suitable for China.
An initial public offering of Alibaba바카라s affiliate, Ant Financial, was halted at the last minute the next month.
In December, Beijing launched an antitrust probe into Alibaba, ultimately slapping a record fine of USD 2.8 billion on the tech giant for monopolistic practices.
바카라I think one has to separate what바카라s happening to Jack, and what바카라s happening to our business,바카라 Tsai said.
바카라Our business was under some restructuring, on the financial side of things. And also on the antitrust regulations, we have to pay a big fine, but we have got it behind us,바카라 Tsai said.
With PTI inputs
