The University of Tokyo announced on Monday that Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma will teach as a visiting professor
Published Date – Tue, 02 May 23 at 07:30 AM
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Tokyo: The University of Tokyo announced on Monday that Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma will be a visiting professor to teach management and sustainable agriculture.
Ma accepted an invitation from Tokyo University of Tokyo, a new institution run by the University of Tokyo. His term will run from May 1 to October 31, and his contract may be renewed annually.
His field of research is sustainable agriculture and food production.
Jack Ma founded Alibaba Group in 1999 and served as executive chairman from 1999 to September 2019. He was the CEO of Alibaba Group from 1999 to May 2013.
“He founded the Jack Ma Foundation in 2014 to support education, entrepreneurship, and environmental protection. Jack Ma is an honorary advocate for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a global board member of The Nature Conservancy, and co-founder of the Paradise Foundation. Chairman,” said the University of Tokyo.
He has been awarded honorary doctorates by Hong Kong University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Normal University, De La Salle University, Tel Aviv University and many other universities.
Earlier, the billionaire was in the spotlight for criticizing China’s regulatory framework.
Ma, who has rarely been seen in public for the past three years, reappeared in March at a school in Hangzhou, China.
The 58-year-old has kept a low profile since criticizing China’s financial regulator in 2020.
Jack Ma is the most high-profile Chinese billionaire to go missing in the crackdown on tech entrepreneurs. He recently returned to China after more than a year overseas, according to the South China Morning Post.
It added that Ma has traveled to different countries to learn agricultural techniques, but did not mention the reasons for his disappearance from public view in recent years.
