Sun Tongyu joined the China Yellow Pages in the spring of 1996. In April, 2003, he led Taobao's entrepreneurial team to start a new venture. On March 1 day, 2008, he officially stepped down as president of Taobao.

And go to famous business schools at home and abroad, including London Business School, to rest and study. In May 2008, we invested in Bocas's educational software, and in early 2009, a children's virtual network community named Box World began to operate online.

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At present, the reason why Sun Tongyu really left is still unknown to the outside world. Ali officials only said that this is a normal executive rotation plan. Some people speculate that there may be a contradiction between Ma Yun and Sun Tongyu, and it may also be related to the need for someone to be responsible for the rampant fakes on Taobao.

However, it can be seen from a conversation when Ma Yun was interviewed by the media later that Ma Yun may have judged that Sun Tongyu is not suitable for succession. The reporter asked Ma Yun, Lu Zhaoxi and Sun Tongyu who would take over as CEO of Alibaba Group.

Ma Yun replied, "Lao Lu is more pragmatic, but she still lacks a sigh of relief." As for Sun Tongyu, "If he can replace me, I will let go".

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