Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Becomes Visiting Professor in Japan

Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Becomes Visiting Professor in Japan
Founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma arrives for the Tech for Good summit in Paris on May 15, 2019. Thibault Camus/AP Photo
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Jack Ma, the co-founder of Chinese e-commerce Alibaba Group, has taken up a visiting professor position at a research institute affiliated with the University of Tokyo, the university said Monday.

Ma, 58, began his tenure at Tokyo College on that same day, and he will carry out joint research and projects related to sustainable agriculture and food production, the university said in a statement.