Was inspired by Malaysia PM to start Alibaba 20 yrs ago: Jack Ma
China's billionaire entrepreneur and e-commerce major Alibaba's Co-founder Jack Ma has said that Malaysia's current PM Mahathir Bin Mohamad inspired him to start Alibaba 20 years ago. Ma said, "One day I was reading the newspaper, and saw this Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)...I said...If Malaysia could, why couldn't China?" He added, "I thank Mahathir for his great inspiration for MSC."