Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, the world's largest e-commerce company, was awarded an honorary doctorate in education by Taiwan Province Normal University yesterday (6/5), becoming the first mainlander to receive an honorary doctorate from the National Taiwan Province Normal University. Xu, dean of the School of Education at National Taiwan University, said that Ma Yun not only created a brand-new consumption pattern, but also often encouraged young entrepreneurs to exert their creativity and potential. He hoped that Ma Yun would continue to pave the way for young people and communicate with Taiwan Province Province after receiving an honorary doctorate in education.
Ma Yun graduated from Hangzhou Normal University and taught for six years before founding Alibaba Kingdom. President Zhang believes that Ma Yun applies the spirit of a teacher to start a business, "hoping that the next generation will be better than him", which not only encourages young people to start a business, but also "hopes that employees will surpass him and do better than him", which meets the requirements of Normal University for teachers: "enthusiasm" and "willingness", so he was awarded the honorary doctor of education.
Awarded the honorary doctorate, Ma Yun affectionately called Taiwan Province Normal University his second alma mater, and he also looked forward to participating in the development and construction of Taiwan Province Normal University in the future. Ma Yun also took himself as an example to illustrate the teacher's selflessness. He said that he taught himself English in middle school and was encouraged by his teacher. "My English teacher told me that I would speak English better than him one day." . This sentence has influenced Ma Yun's life, which not only makes him more confident in himself, but also thinks that "a teacher is not a treasure house with the most knowledge, but a platform", aiming at achieving students by hook or by crook. Ma Yun also regards the honorary doctor as an honor and responsibility, and will make more contributions to education in the future.
From education to entrepreneurship, Ma Yun mentioned that he didn't adapt at first. He shared that in the early days of Alibaba, he asked employees to change the executive E in CEO to education e. Ma Yun pointed out that because of his experience as a teacher, he knew that teachers always wanted students to be better and stronger than him. In business operations, he also hopes that employees will do better than themselves and surpass Ma Yun. These ideas won the support of many young people for him, so he also called on everyone to "appreciate young people and expect, hope and believe that young people can surpass us." This is Alibaba's corporate culture. The fifth grade (born in the 1960s) retired to the second line, and the sixth grade served as the supervisor, vigorously cultivating young employees in grades 7 and 8.
Ma Yun described the university education in Taiwan Province Province as "energetic" and "polite", but he also reminded Taiwanese education to take a long-term view and think about "what kind of society will it be in 30 years' time? What does a business organization look like? Thinking about talent training from a global perspective. "The worst times are also the best times." Ma Yun used Dickens' famous words to encourage young people to seize opportunities and strive to prove themselves in society.
Ma Yun not only founded Alibaba Group, the world's largest e-commerce company, but also was selected as16th among the 50 greatest leaders in the world by American Fortune magazine. This year, he gathered a lot of mainland business people and established "Lakeside University" near the West Lake in Hangzhou, China, to train a new generation of entrepreneurs.
Ma Yun believes that in the past, the economic model was to compete with each other, but in the future, children will face "common enemies" such as poverty, disease and natural disasters. Future talents must have a global vision, be able to cooperate with others, embrace altruism, and believe that "others are good to me." Ma Yun said, "The future belongs to people who don't complain, are not afraid of failure, and are willing to change themselves and keep learning. 」
As the father of two children, Ma Yun expects his children to be "happy, healthy and independent". China's parents often want their children to succeed, but "I am very successful now, but I am too busy to meet my parents", he joked in a rare way. Therefore, he will not ask his children to do great things, but he must have hope for the future.