Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba who disappeared from public life in 2020, has taken up a teaching role in Japan
has taken up a teaching position in Japan, one of the first public roles he has assumed since disappearing from the spotlight in 2020.
In his new role, Ma is expected to conduct research on sustainable agriculture and food production, Tokyo College said in anThe tech titan, once China's richest man, will also"share his rich experience and pioneering knowledge on entrepreneurship, corporate management and innovation" in seminars at the college, which is run by the University of Tokyo.
Ma's term as a visiting professor starts on May 1. It marks the 58-year-old's return to teaching after his retirement from Alibaba in September 2019. The billionaire was an English teacher for several years before co-founding Alibaba. that he would go back to teaching after retiring from Alibaba in September of the same year. At the time, he said he was returning to his roots because of his love for the profession.in October 2020 during a speech in which he criticized China's financial regulatory system and claimed Chinese banks were operating with a"pawnshop" mentality.
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