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by wisdom.” On his list of possi-
bilities are big ideas such as envi- “I want to change history, do something
ronmental protection and reforms important in my life, and influence indi-
viduals like we have with millions of small
in education and agriculture.
businesses on Alibaba.”
“There are 800 million farmers in
China, and there are ways to help Jack Ma,
them become more productive and chairman and CEO, Alibaba Group
solve the hunger problem,” Ma
says. “I want to change history, do
something important in my life,
and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on
Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life
important.”
With that, Ma got up off the couch and picked up a golf club to practice
his swing, which looked pretty good thanks to a professional golf coach. Who
can blame Ma for showing off?
Next, we shift to a woman entrepreneur who has figured out how to best
Jeff Bezos in China with an online bookselling start-up called Dangdang.com.
Peggy YuYu is her name, and she is going head to head with Bezos as he
unleashes a plan to win back market leadership for his Chinese business, Joyo
Amazon.

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