Jack Ma’s latest news after a long ‘disappearance’

KOMPAS. com – The figure of a Chinese conglomerate, Jack Ma, appears to have “disappeared” from the public spotlight since late 2020. Jack Ma has not appeared in public after he criticized the Chinese government in October 2020.

Over the past couple of years, several reports had mentioned where is Jack Ma?. Now a report has resurfaced bringing the latest news from the founder of Alibaba. Jack Ma has reportedly been living in Japan for six months now with his family, reports from Financial Times.

While in Japan, Ma still avoids the public spotlight by spending her time on business and vacations, one of which is visiting hot springs in Japan.

He also takes up several hobbies, such as painting and art collecting. The tycoon is also said to have skied in a village outside Tokyo. Ma he is also said to have made regular visits to the United States and Israel.

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Not just making time for his hobby, Ma is said to have joined an exclusive club in the Ginza and Marunouchi districts to get together with Chinese businessmen who have moved to Japan. Ma reportedly brought a chef and personal security officers while in Sakura Country.

However, other speculations circulating say that Ma’s goal of staying in Japan is to expand his business outside of e-commerce (Alibaba), namely in the field of sustainability (continuous).

But he visited the Netherlands, specifically at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), a university famous for its agricultural studies in the Netherlands.

Ma reportedly wants to learn how to increase food production and gain more knowledge about livestock farming and sustainable fishing. The goal is to be able to develop agriculture and food, even in the Gobi desert, which is located in southern Mongolia, in China.

Jack Ma’s interest in farming is apparently nothing new. Because last October 2021 he had traveled to Europe to acquire knowledge about the agricultural sector.

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“Disappeared” from the public since late 2020

As mentioned above, Ma “disappeared” from the public spotlight after criticizing China’s conventional financial system last October 2020. In fact, so far Ma is known as a figure who appears quite often in the media.

Ma’s criticisms were later resolved by the Chinese government’s investigation into Jack Ma’s company. As a result, the initial public offering (IPO) of the company. fintech The Ant Group, which also belongs to Jack Ma, has finally been cancelled.

Since then, Jack Ma has stopped acting in public, and it has become increasingly difficult to kidnap him. He has even abstained from various publications.

The charity Jack Ma Foundation, where he pledged to devote himself to charitable causes, also cut back on its advertising.

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