meeting jack ma

Sometimes, one gets lucky in life.

So I met my hero two nights ago at the Sina 2010 Internet Celebration (新浪2010·网络盛典). There were lots of big-name people there, and it really convinced me of 1. Sina’s dominant power in China’s media sphere and 2. The future market of the micro-blogging sector in China. This event was able to attract many celebrities, many of whom you can find at the link above, but it was also able to attract the some of the most prominent business figures in China today: 任志强，潘石屹，李开复，曹国伟，周忻，张亚勤，冯军，etc.

I was, and by no means I’m I trying to exaggerate, starstruck.

I think of all businessmen in China, I wanted to meet Jack Ma the most. He is to me beyond a businessman, celebrity, CEO, founder, or anything else that you can put a tangible name on. He embodies an era that is going through China’s rapidly-growing economy and a culture that is being pioneered in China at this very moment - the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Words can’t describe how excited I was when I shook his hand and told him about GCC and the work that we are doing. I of course extended a friendly invite for his son, who now attends my high school, to join GCC when he begins his studies in college. I told him about how we attended the Alifest this year and our great meeting with Ambassador Huntsman. He nodded and smiled haha. I like Jack, and will probably continue to like and respect him for as long as Alibaba continues to make meaningful contribution to the Chinese society.

I was not there to take pictures with as many famous people as I can so, here ends my sharing of photos with me in it. But below are some interesting photos I thought might catch one’s sight:

So in the end I saw 方文山 haha.

This was great. A night I will remember forever :-).