Ma Yun, male, 1964 was born in June in Hangzhou, China, and his ancestral home was Yueyang, Hunan. He is a famous entrepreneur in China and one of the founders of Alibaba Group. Ma Yun graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Hangzhou Normal University with a bachelor's degree in foreign languages.

Ma Yun worked as an English teacher and translator before he founded Alibaba. His success in the Internet industry has made him one of the richest people in China and even in the world. Ma Yun is also a philanthropist, and established the Ma Yun Public Welfare Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting the development of education, environmental protection and public welfare undertakings.