Alibaba founder Jack Ma living in Tokyo since China’s tech crackdown

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1. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – Forbes (B-): [Elusive Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Living In Tokyo, Report Says](https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/11/29/elusive-chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-living-in-tokyo-report-says/)
   – Guardian (C+): [Alibaba founder Jack Ma hiding out in Tokyo, reports say](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/29/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-hiding-out-in-tokyo-reports-say)
   – Insider (B-): [US-listed Chinese stocks rise on hopes of China pivot on zero-COVID policy](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/china-stocks-alibaba-covid-zero-policy-protests-pivot-restrictions-markets-2022-11)
   – india.com (C-): [Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Living in Tokyo After China’s Crackdown Against Firms: Report](https://www.india.com/news/world/chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-living-in-tokyo-after-chinas-crackdown-against-firms-report-5772079/)

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2. I’m actually kinda glad, I thought he was killed year ago.

3. >Ma’s months-long stay in Japan with his family has included stints in hot spring and ski resorts in the countryside outside Tokyo and *regular trips to the US and Israel*, according to people with direct knowledge of his whereabouts.

   Now it makes sense. He’s doing visa runs, not teaching at Gaba.

4. >The billionaire Jack Ma has reportedly been hiding out in Tokyo with his family during Beijing’s crackdown on the country’s star tech firms and its most powerful and wealthy business people.

   >Ma, the founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba who until the tech clampdown was China’s richest person, has rarely been seen in public since criticising the attitude of Chinese regulators towards tech companies at a summit in Shanghai two years ago.

   >Aside from a 48-second online appearance early last year, described by one analyst as akin to a “hostage video”, a brief trip to the Netherlands and Ma’s 88-metre superyacht Zen being spotted last summer docking off the Spanish island of Mallorca, the 58-year-old has maintained a low profile living outside his native China.

   >On Tuesday the Financial Times, which is owned by the Japanese media company Nikkei, revealed Ma has most recently been living in Japan.

   >Citing anonymous sources, the paper said that for almost six months the former English teacher turned tech superstar has been living in Tokyo with his family. His time has been spent mixing business and pleasure with visits to onsen (hot springs) and ski resorts in the Japanese countryside as well as regular trips to the US and Israel.