According to ' Yangtze River Crocodile ', a document about the life of Jack Ma, after graduating in 1988, Ma worked as an English teacher at a local university in his hometown of Hangzhou, China. That day, he only earned 12 USD / month. When speaking at a luncheon with the New York Economists' Club on Tuesday (June 9, 2015), Ma said that time was' the best part of my life '. . Ma explained, when you don't have much money, you know how to spend them. But once you become a billionaire, you have to bear a lot of responsibilities.
He said: ' If you have less than 1 million, you will know how to spend that money. With $ 1 billion, money is not yours . The money I have today is a responsibility. That is the belief that people put in me . ' Jack Ma said he felt the need to spend his money ' on behalf of society. I spend money our way. It is a trust '.
Earlier, during a presentation at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, he used the word ' wonderful ' to describe his time as a teacher. After Alibaba went to the stock exchange, he told CNBC that he was under a lot of pressure on responsibility, especially now that the whole world is focused on Alibaba's stock price.