Daniel Zhang
Chinese business executive / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Zhang Yong (simplified Chinese: 张勇; traditional Chinese: 張勇; pinyin: Zhāng Yǒng) is a Chinese business executive who was the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Alibaba Group.[1] Before becoming Alibaba's chief, Zhang was best known for his roles as CEO of Taobao[2] and president of Tmall (owned by Alibaba). While running Tmall, Zhang created the Singles' Day shopping holiday, an annual Chinese sales event with gross sales reaching four times higher than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.[3][4][5]
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Born | (1972-01-11) January 11, 1972 (age 52) Shanghai, China |
Education | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
Occupation | Business executive |
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In 2020, Zhang was included on Time's list of 100 most influential people in the world.[6]