Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, returned to mainland China recently after more than a year of overseas travel, and visited a school he founded in the city of Hangzhou, the hometown of Alibaba, according to sources familiar with his schedule.
On Monday , Ma met teachers and students at Yungu School, a private school covering kindergarten to high school, that was funded by Alibaba founders in 2017. The billionaire businessman discussed education issues andMa returned to China after a brief stopover in Hong Kong, where he met friends and also briefly visited Art Basel. Ma is known to be very passionate about painting and the arts.
The 58-year-old business as Alibaba’s executive chairman in 2019, and Ma, a former English teacher said he wanted to dedicate his post-retirement days to philanthropy, rural education and pursuing his interest in reviving China’s rural sector. On a few rare occasions of appearance, Ma has been seen in Europe, Japan and China for education and agriculture events.
Earlier this year he was seen in Thailand for his study of farming and fishery, after his three-month stay in Japan where he looked into the operations and technology of fish farms.