Jack Ma is one of the richest men in the world. However, since the founder of the company Ali Baba, Amazon equivalent in China, dared to criticize the Chinese regime and its financial policy, the fifty-six-year-old businessman has literally disappeared. And as the Financial Times, the disappearance of Jack Ma, for more than two months, has enough to feed some speculation. Especially since his Twitter account, on which he used to communicate daily, has remained silent since October 10, 2020. So where did Jack Ma go? According to the London daily, Jack Ma could be in China, in prison, under house arrest or perhaps at home with orders to remain discreet.
Twitter silent, TV participation canceled … where is Jack Ma?
To understand the fears associated with the disappearance of Jack Ma, we must go back to October 24, 2020. Indeed, during a press conference organized in Shanghai, the billionaire so feared by Xi Jinping gave a speech that made the President of the People's Republic of China: "We cannot manage the future as we manage the past", he explained, pointing out "archaism" of the country's financial management. Immediately, Jack Ma was summoned by the Chinese authorities and saw its online banking system, extremely in demand on its site Ali Baba, suspended from the Ant Stock Exchange while this IPO was shaping up to be the biggest in history. But that's not all.
Jack Ma was also supposed to appear on a TV show in November 2020, Africa's Business Heroes, as a member of the jury, in which he was supposed to reward young African entrepreneurs. As the story goes Financial Times, the billionaire will finally be replaced in extremis by Lucy Peng, an Alibaba executive. Asked about this, the spokesperson for Jack Ma's company justifies this absence by a "scheduling problem". However, the photo of the businessman is removed from the site of the show, as well as a promotional video. On December 24, 2020, the Communist regime announced the opening of an investigation, suspecting the group in charge of Jack Ma of "monopoly practices". To this day, Jack Ma has still not given any sign of life …
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