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Jack Ma Turns a Professor in Tokyo:- Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, a 58-year-old appointed as the visiting professor at Tokya College, a new organisation run by the University of Tokyo. Last year October end he was appointed to the College on a contract renewable on an annual basis.
The biggest entrepreneur of China, Jack Ma was dropped out of public sight after he criticized Chinese regulations in 2020. He was spotted in the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Japan and Thailand. But insisted to return to mainland China. With this appointment as a visiting professor, it appears that his business career come to a close. In his early life, Jack Ma was an English teacher and also expressed his wish to return to the teaching profession after his retirement.
There is no update on what kind of lectures Jack Ma will be taking. Ma has a public appearance Mach this year in a Scholl in Hangzhou to discuss the topic including ChatGPT. Jack Ma is also appointed as an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong.
Jack Ma has a long relationship with Japan. Masayoshi son, founder of SoftBank Group Corp supported Alibaba for more than two decades and two men were on their boards for many years. He asked the Alibaba group not to be obsessed with his return to China.