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Alibaba CEO Jack Ma banned his first employees from living more than 15 minutes from work

April 23, 2016/

A new book on the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has revealed that founder Jack Ma insisted that his first employees reside only minutes from work.

Alibaba — now a thriving $200 billion company — began in 1999 as a humble start-up based in Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou, China. In "Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, author Duncan Clark recalls the company’s roots and the demanding culture that contributed to Alibaba’s success.

By Matt McFarland

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/04/22/this-ceo-banned-his-first-employees-from-living-more-than-15-minutes-from-work/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-technology%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

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