Although Ma Yun is not the largest shareholder of Alibaba (Masayoshi Son is), Ma Yun can still control Alibaba in his own palm, which stems from two special reasons:
1, Ma Yun and Sun Zhengyi signed a concerted action agreement. On the right to vote, he should be absolutely consistent with Ma Yun. Therefore, although Ma Yun has only 6.4% of the shares, he has 74.7% of the voting rights and complete control.
2. Because of Alibaba's special partner system, only Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin are permanent partners, and Alibaba has a shareholding structure with the same share but different rights. Even if you own equity, it doesn't mean you have the right to speak. Ma Yun firmly grasped the control of Alibaba in his own hands with the partner system. Softbank and Yahoo, although the two major shareholders of Alibaba, actually have no decision-making power, and the time to participate in decision-making is almost zero, so Masayoshi Son is only an investor, and Ma Yun is the boss.
Ma yun's personal profile
Ma Yun, male, Han nationality, 1964 was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in September. Born in Gulai Town, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province, he is the main founder of Alibaba Group. He is currently a director of Softbank, chairman of the China Committee of the Nature Conservancy and a member of the global board of directors, a director of Huayi Brothers, a director of the Life Science Breakthrough Award Foundation and an honorary professor of the University of Hong Kong.
1988, graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Hangzhou Normal University; In the same year, I worked as an English and international trade teacher in Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Technology. 1995, China Yellow Pages, the first Internet business information publishing website in China, was established. 65438-0998, served as the general manager of China International Electronic Commerce Center Guofutong Information Technology Development Co., Ltd. 1999, founded Alibaba, and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group.