Are there any articles with examples of celebrities' entrepreneurial struggles?

First, "Li Ka-shing's entrepreneurial story"

Li Ka-shing lived a hard life in his childhood. 14 (1940) years old, during the war in China, he went away with his parents and fled to Hong Kong to take refuge in his uncle Zhuang Jing 'an, a well-off family. Unfortunately, his father died of illness soon.

As the eldest son, Li Ka-shing decided to drop out of school in order to support his family and not depend on others. He first worked in a watch company, and then worked as a salesman in a plastic factory. Because of his diligence and outstanding performance, he was appreciated by his boss and was promoted to general manager in only two years. He was only 18 years old at that time.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/950, Li Ka-shing decided to start a business. He borrowed HK$ 50,000 from relatives and friends, rented a factory in Shau Kei Wan with all his savings of 7,000 yuan, and formally established the "Changjiang Plastic Factory".

But Li Ka-shing predicted that the business of plastic flowers would not be good forever, and he believed that the extremes meet. So I retired and switched to producing plastic toys. Sure enough, after two years, the plastic flower products were badly unsalable, but "Yangtze River" has shown its talents in the international toy market, with an annual export value of US$ 65.438+million, ranking first in Hong Kong's plastic toy export industry.

1In February, 1965, a serious bank credit crisis occurred in Hong Kong, which made people panic. Investors and citizens sold their property and left Hong Kong. Real estate prices in Hong Kong plummeted and real estate companies closed down one after another. 1967, anti-British riots broke out in Hong Kong, which further plunged the real estate market into a dead silence.

However, Li Ka-shing is optimistic about the future of Hong Kong's industry and commerce, believing that Hong Kong, a colony full of business opportunities, will not be chaotic for long. He did the opposite, buying a lot of land and old buildings when people sold their properties at low prices. Within three years, the turmoil subsided, Hong Kong society returned to normal, and the economy recovered. A large number of businesses that left Hong Kong in those years returned one after another, and property prices soared immediately. Li Ka-shing took the opportunity to sell the cheap property at a high price for profit, and bought buildings and land with development potential. In the early 1970s, he had a building area of 6.3 million square feet.

In Hong Kong in the 1970s, Jardine Matheson, Swire, HSBC and Hutchison, the four largest British-funded and foreign-funded companies, were very influential in many unemployed enterprises of the absolute monarch. Li Ka-shing decided to take advantage of the abundant capital of Cheung Kong to acquire some powerful listed companies in Hong Kong, and the first target was the main flagship of Jardine Matheson-Wharf.

1978, Li Ka-shing took another surprise attack and acquired another old British company, Green Island Inny, and became the chairman of the board of directors of the company. However, Li Ka-shing's most memorable victory was his successful control of Hutchison Whampoa, an old British consortium.

Li Ka-shing's Changjiang Industry, with assets of HK$ 693 million, controls Hutchison Whampoa, an old British consortium worth more than HK$ 5 billion, which is really a miracle of "small snake swallowing elephant"; Li Ka-shing became the first China person to join a British funded consortium.

After 1980s, the territory of Li Ka-shing has expanded a series of times. In addition to real estate, it also operates shipping services, power supply, container terminals and retail, forming an indestructible large-scale comprehensive consortium, which plays an important role in Hong Kong.

After 1990, Li Ka-shing began to develop the telecommunications industry in the UK, and established Orange Telecom Company, which was listed in the UK with a total investment of HK$ 8.4 billion. By April 2000, more than 40% of his shares in Orange were sold to Deutsche Telekom Group at a price of HK$11300 million, setting a record for the most profitable transaction in Hong Kong. Orange was listed in the UK on 1996. In other words, in just three years, Li Ka-shing's profit exceeded HK$ 1000 billion, and its assets doubled.

In 2000, Li Ka-shing made the global rich list with personal assets of 126 billion US dollars (HK$ 98.3 billion), and was also the first Chinese to make the list for two consecutive years. Li Ka-shing has been awarded many titles of outstanding entrepreneurs around the world and five honorary doctorates by internationally renowned universities.

After more than 20 years' development, Li Ka-shing has four blue-chip companies with a market value of HK$ 78 1 billion, accounting for 20% of the Hang Seng Index. With over 36,5438+0,000 employees, the Group is the fourth largest employer in Hong Kong. 1999 The group's profit reached 1 173 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Before going to bed at night, Li Ka-shing must read a new book for half an hour to get to know the cutting-edge ideas, theories and technologies. According to himself, he reads books on literature, history, philosophy, science and technology, and economics, except novels. This is actually a habit he has maintained for decades.

Second, "Kai-Fu Lee's First Entrepreneurial Experience in High School"

65438-0977, participated in the course of "High School Students' Entrepreneurial Attempt" organized by JA for the first time. Under the guidance of business volunteers, students will set up a student company, sell stocks, hold shareholders' meetings, run for manager, produce and sell products, register finance, evaluate and liquidate the company. Through study and practice, we can learn the way of business operation and understand the structure of market economy system and its benefits.

In this course, students will serve as employees and elect a president, who will determine the company name, product release and target customers. At that time, I was elected as the vice president in charge of marketing, responsible for sales.

At that time, many students in the factory were carving every weekend. In the process of promotion, I suggest parents to buy, although they don't really need it. Finally, although the company is profitable, these products are almost digested internally. With this personal participation, at the age of 15, I suddenly realized that really good products are not bought by people, and there must be market demand. The really good product is that someone comes to hold your hand and beg you, and our enterprise is not only a labor-intensive enterprise, but also requires relatives to give face to buy it. This is obviously not a successful attempt. However, this has laid a sufficient foundation for the next success.

1979, I know the whole process of establishing a company like the back of my hand. I wrote the company's financial report for the first time, including not only income statement, balance sheet, but also liquidation report. I know for the first time that the company needs a smooth cash flow. We also know for the first time that when we sell goods to companies outside Tennessee, the tax rate in Tennessee does not apply. When writing the financial report, we were pleasantly surprised to find that each shareholder received a return of $64.90, creating the highest return company in our high school history. What makes me even more proud is that this company won the first place in the junior grade in the United States from 65438 to 0978 and became the "company of the year" of that year.

This small success brought me not only money, but also a belief that I can succeed.

Third, the founder of KFC who was rejected 1009 times.

All the property owned by Colonel Sanders after his retirement is just a small restaurant near the highway. Although the hotel is small, it is quite distinctive and unique. But the most popular and favorite dish for the guests is the crispy and delicious fried chicken he invented and cooked, which brought him considerable wealth. For years, his guests have been praising his fried chicken. But what he never expected was that due to the diversion of the expressway, the hotel business suddenly plummeted and finally had to close down. In desperation, Colonel Sanders decided to sell his fried chicken recipe to other restaurants in exchange for a meager return.

In the process of sales promotion, no restaurant is willing to buy his recipes and laugh at him from time to time. It is not pleasant for a person to be laughed at at at any age, let alone at retirement age, and it is even more unacceptable. This is exactly what happened to Colonel Sanders. He was not only laughed at but also rejected one after another, which shows how much these experiences have influenced him. But he never gave up. Before finding a buyer, he drove all over the country, eating and living in the car. After being rejected 1009 times, someone finally agreed to adopt his idea and buy his formula. Since then, his chain stores have spread all over the world; It is also recorded in the history of business. This is the origin of KFC.

In memory of Colonel Sanders, people set up his statue in front of all KFC stores as the image brand of KFC. As the saying goes: "A sharpshooter kills with one shot!" Lack of perseverance or thinking that you can't get what you want is the key reason that prevents most people from being brave enough to change. If you can stick to your goals and persevere, you will soon surpass most people. Remember, you control your life. If you are determined to achieve a goal, there will be a way to succeed.

Fourth, "Bill Gates gave up Harvard to set up Microsoft"

Bill Gates is the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. Microsoft is a global leader in personal computing and business computing software, services and Internet technology. In the last fiscal year ending June 2008, Microsoft's revenue reached $62 billion, and it operated in 78 countries and regions. The total number of employees in the world exceeds 965,438+0,000.

Gates was born in 1955, grew up in Seattle, and has two sisters. Their father, William H. Gatez II, is a lawyer in Seattle. Gates' late mother, mary gates, was a school teacher, a director of the University of Washington and the president of the United International Organization.

Gates attended a public elementary school and a private lakeside middle school in Seattle. There, he discovered his interest in software and started computer programming at the age of 13.

From 65438 to 0973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University. Now steve ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and I have become good friends. While at Harvard, Gates developed a BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer, MITS Alt air.

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to the Microsoft Company founded by him and his childhood friend paul allen in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every home and office, they began to develop software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his foresight in personal computers have become the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under the leadership of Gates, Microsoft constantly develops and improves software technology to make software easier to use, more economical and more interesting.

Five, "Henry fok's entrepreneurial story"

Among the billionaires in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Henry Fok's popularity is the highest. This is not only because his personal assets are about 65.438+03 billion Hong Kong dollars, but also because he was elected as the vice chairman of the CPPCC in 654.38+0993! However, Henry Fok's background may be the most bitter among billionaires!

Fok Ying-tung's parents rely on a small barge to do lighterage business in Hong Kong, that is, from a large freighter that can't dock, they unload the goods on their own barge and transport them to the shore dock. When Henry Fok was seven years old, his father was drowned in a typhoon because of capsizing.

Unexpectedly, after more than 50 days, the Huo family's boat capsized in the sea again, and the two brothers were buried in the belly of the fish, and even the bodies were not fished out! Mother grabbed a plank desperately, but was saved by a passing fishing boat. At that time, Henry Fok escaped the disaster because he was not on the boat looking for wild oysters at the seaside.

Henry fok found his first job as a coal miner on an old ferry. However, his body is too thin to shovel coal and open the oven door. He was fired as soon as he took office. At that time, Henry fok, as the saying goes, "unlucky people have a toothache when drinking water." However, the hardships and setbacks in the early years did not defeat Fok Ying-tung. He gained experience through repeated failures, accumulated strength and waited for opportunities. He firmly believes that he will rise one day!

Make the first big money

After World War II, Henry Fok finally seized an opportunity to make a fortune with keen eyes. After the Japanese invaders surrendered, they left a lot of machinery and equipment, which were very cheap, but they could be used with a little repair and sold at a good price. Henry fok wanted to do this kind of business, so he became a newspaper fan. He paid special attention to the news of the auction of Japanese surplus materials in the newspaper, rushed to the scene in time, picked out those valuable ones with industry eyes, bought them in large quantities, and quickly repaired them and sold them.

For lack of funds, it is difficult for him to go all out. On one occasion, he took a fancy to a batch of machines and won the bid with HK$ 65,438+800,000. A factory owner also took a fancy to the goods and was willing to pay HK$ 40,000 to buy them from him. Henry Fok earned a net profit of HK$ 22,000, which was the most he earned in those years. A large sum of money accumulated initial capital for him.

"Landlord" in Hong Kong

After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Henry Fok predicted that the prosperity of Hong Kong's shipping industry would inevitably lead to the development of finance and trade, and then promote the development of commerce and residence. So he first shifted his business focus to real estate development. 1954 65438+In February, Henry Fok took out his own10.2 million Hong Kong dollars, and borrowed10.6 million Hong Kong dollars from the bank, bought his first building in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, and founded Lixin Construction Real Estate Co., Ltd. At first, like others, he used his own money to buy old buildings, and then built new ones. Of course, this can make money safely, but because of insufficient funds, the development is relatively slow.

An accidental event inspired Henry Fok, who decided to build a new house by pre-selling the property and using the deposit of prospective buyers! This pioneering work made Henry Fok's real estate business shine suddenly, breaking the highest record of Hong Kong's real estate business in one fell swoop. When other builders learned to implement this method, Henry Fok had made a lot of money. He became the chairman of the Hong Kong Real Estate Developers Association, which has 300 members and owns 70% of the construction business in Hong Kong. So some people call Henry Fok a local tyrant in Hong Kong!

Sixth, "Wang Yongqing starts from small things"

In his early years, due to his poor family, Wang Yongqing couldn't afford to study, so he had to go into business. Wang Yongqing, 16 years old, came to Kaimi store in Chiayi from her hometown. At that time, there were nearly 30 rice shops in the small Chiayi, and the competition was fierce. At that time, Wang Yongqing, who had only 200 yuan's money, had to rent a small pavement in a remote alley. His rice shop is the latest and smallest, not to mention its popularity and no advantage. In the new opening day, business is deserted and there is no door.

At first, Wang Yongqing knocked on doors with rice on his back. At the end of the day, people are not only exhausted, but also the effect is not very good Who will buy rice sold by vendors? But how can we open the market? Wang Yongqing decided to break through every grain of rice. At that time, in Taiwan Province Province, farmers were still working by hand. Due to the backward technology of rice harvesting and processing, many pebbles and other sundries are easily mixed into rice. It is inconvenient for people to wash rice several times before cooking. But everyone is used to it, used to it.

Wang Yongqing found a breakthrough from this cliche. He and his two younger brothers started work together, picking up the chaff, gravel and other sundries mixed in rice bit by bit, and then selling them. At that time, the housewives in the town said that the rice sold in Wang Yongqing was of good quality, which saved the trouble of washing rice. In this way, the business of the rice shop is booming day by day.

Wang Yongqing is not satisfied with this. He still has to work hard on rice. At that time, customers came to buy rice and shipped it home by themselves. This is nothing to young people, but it is a great inconvenience to some old people. Young people, on the other hand, have no time to do housework, and the customers who buy rice are mostly elderly people. Wang Yongqing noticed this detail and took the initiative to deliver the rice to the door. This humanized service measure is also very popular. At that time, there was no "door-to-door" service, and adding this service was tantamount to a pioneering work.

Wang Yongqing didn't send the rice to the customer's door, but also poured it into the rice jar. If there is old rice in the rice jar, he will dump the old rice, clean the rice jar, pour the new rice in, and then put the old rice back upstairs, so that old rice will not deteriorate because it has been stored for too long. Wang Yongqing's excellent service deeply touched customers and won many customers.

If you send rice to a new customer, Wang Yongqing will carefully write down the capacity of this family's rice jar, and ask how many people in the family eat, and how many adults and children eat, and estimate the approximate time for this family to buy rice next time, and write it down in a notebook. At that time, he will take the initiative to send the corresponding amount of rice to the customer's home without waiting for the customer to come to the door.

Wang Yongqing's meticulous and pragmatic service lets Chiayi people know that there is a well-selling Wang Yongqing in the alley at the end of Mishi Road, which is delivered to your door. With the increasing popularity, Wang Yongqing's business is more prosperous. In this way, after more than a year of capital and customer accumulation, Wang Yongqing set up a rice mill, rented a house several times larger than the original in the busiest street, paved the street, and built a rice mill in the back.

In this way, Wang Yongqing started his career as the richest man in Taiwan Province from Xiaomi Store.

Seven, "the entrepreneurial story of Tencent five brothers"

This is a rare entrepreneurial story of brothers, and its rationality can be called a specimen. /kloc-In the autumn of 0/2, Ma and his classmate Zhang Zhidong jointly registered Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd., and then absorbed three shareholders: Xu and Chen Yidan. The QQ numbers of these five founders are said to range from 1000 1 to 10005. In order to avoid competing for power and profits, Ma Hua Teng made a clear agreement with the four partners at the beginning of Tencent's establishment: each has its own strengths and each has its own place. Ma as CEO, Zhang Zhidong as CTO, Ren and Xu as CIO, and Chen Yidan as Cao.

Tencent's five entrepreneurial brothers are called "rare" because until 2005, the founding team of these five people basically maintained such a cooperative formation and never gave up. Until Tencent achieved today's imperial situation, the four of them were still in the front line of the company, and only Chief Operating Officer Ceng Liqing retired with a fake job as a lifelong consultant.

It is said that one mountain cannot kill two tigers, especially in the process of rapid growth of enterprises, it is not easy to maintain the stable cooperation of the founder team. Behind this, engineer Ma contributed to the rational design of the cooperation framework from the beginning.

Judging from the composition of shares. Five people contributed a total of 500,000 yuan, of which Ma contributed 237,500 yuan, accounting for 47.5% of the shares; Zhang Zhidong paid 654.38 million yuan, accounting for 20%; Ceng Liqing contributed 62,500 yuan, accounting for 65,438+02.5% of the shares; The other two contributed 50,000 yuan each, each accounting for 65,438+00% of the shares.

Although the main fund was contributed by Ma, he voluntarily reduced his share to less than half, 47.5%. "I hope their sum is a little more than mine, and I don't want to form monopoly and dictatorship." At the same time, he must contribute the main funds himself, accounting for a large share. If there is no backbone and the shares are divided equally, there will definitely be problems and the same will be finished.

Another key factor to maintain stability lies in the "reasonable combination" between partners.

If other cooperators are just "partner figures", only Ceng Liqing is the funniest, most open, most passionate and most attractive one among the five founders of Tencent, which is another type compared with gentle horse and Zhang Zhidong who loves technology. Its open-minded character is also more aggressive than a horse, more like a person who makes up his mind. However, it may be this that led him to leave the team at the earliest and start his own business.

It can be said that in China's private sector, it is rare to select people with different personalities and specialties to form an entrepreneurial team, Malik Hua Teng, and to maintain long-term tacit cooperation after successfully opening the situation. Ma's success lies in his good design of the responsibilities, rights and interests of the entrepreneurial team from the beginning. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, the greater the power and the greater the income.

Eight, "Zheng Yutong's entrepreneurial story"

First manufacturing of 9999 gold

Gold shop is a special industry, and the boss never dares to abuse it without knowing the details. The Zhou family and the Zheng family have deep roots. A Tong, who is sensible, has left a good impression on the Zhou family since he was a child. Catch up with "Chow Tai Fook" gold shop, just lack of reliable guys, so I took Xiao Tong.

Zheng Yutong started as a handyman, sweeping the floor, dusting, washing toilets and emptying spittoons every day. When everything was ready, he opened a shop and did business with those guys who came late. The sensible little A Tong wholeheartedly lives up to the boss's "kindness" and works honestly and diligently.

"Chow Tai Fook" gold shop was not famous at that time because it entered the business late. Soon after entering the business, A Tong's diligence and wisdom reflected in his work were gradually appreciated by Zhou Zhiyuan. Only half a year later, Zhou Zhiyuan promoted Zheng Yutong to be an apprentice in the gold business.

At that time, due to the fall of Guangzhou and Hong Kong, many gold shops moved to Macau, almost everywhere, and the competition was fierce. Zheng Yutong seems to be naturally fond of gold and jewels. He was very interested in doing jewelry business, and soon mastered the essentials of sitting in the store marketing, and became obsessed with it.

Later, Zheng Yutong learned that his parents and Zhou Zhiyuan, who worked as a waiter in Guangzhou Silk and Satin Villa, were friends in need and were like brothers. Zhou and Zheng's wives were happy at the same time, so the two families agreed that their in-laws should "refer to their bellies as marriage". The weather is beautiful, the Zhou family gave birth to a daughter, and Ka married a boy, which happened to be a perfect couple. When I was an apprentice in Chow Tai Fook Gold Store, my father was worried that his son would not make progress by pretending to be a "son-in-law" and didn't tell him about it.

Three years later, under your auspices, I really married Zhou's darling. That year, both husband and wife were 18 years old, and they have been respectful to each other for more than 50 years until today.

1946, 2 1 year-old Zheng Yutong established Chow Tai Fook branch in Hongkong. He traveled all over the gold and silver jewelry stores in Hong Kong, and used their strengths to lead the operation of the branch, making the branch business promising. However, Zheng Yutong was not satisfied. He soberly thought, "Leaving the business in the mall is tantamount to losing the business. Only by continuous innovation can we make progress. " . Therefore, he changed the original capital structure model and invited his colleagues to set up Chow Tai Fook Jewelry & Gold Co., Ltd., which is also the earliest limited company in the gold jewelry industry in Hong Kong.

At that time, in Hong Kong, gold shops were everywhere and the competition was fierce. At that time, the fineness of gold was always 999 gold, but Zheng Yutong boldly invested money to create 9999 gold, which created a new technology of gold jewelry manufacturing and also led a new trend in the field of consumption. This feat laid a solid economic foundation for Chow Tai Fook's future development. Zheng Yutong keeps forging ahead and exploring new markets. In just a few years, the number of branches of Chow Tai Fook has increased to 1 1.

When Zheng Yutong pushed Chow Tai Fook to a new height, he began to enter new fields.

Turn your eyes to the diamond industry.

Zheng Yutong has strong market control ability. In Hongkong, Zheng Yutong enjoys the reputation of "King of Jewelry", which refers not only to his gold ornaments, but also to the diamond industry that later brought him into the world jewelry forest.

According to international regulations, you can only buy diamonds with a "De Beers" license, and there are only 500 such licenses in the world. Some insiders said: "It is more difficult to buy diamonds from De Beers than to pick stars from the sky".

Zheng Yutong did not retreat because of this. He racked his brains and came up with an idea. He decided to buy a company with a "De Beers" license in South Africa. Not only did he successfully obtain De Beers' license, but by the 1970s, Zheng Yutong had become the largest diamond importer in Hong Kong, accounting for about 30% of Hong Kong's total diamond imports every year.

Mr. Zheng Yutong is 76 years old, and he started Chow Tai Fook's entrepreneurial history. Every page has his 60-year-old struggle footprint: in the early 1960 s, he held gold in one hand and reached out to diamonds in the other, dominating the stormy shopping malls and was a shoo-in. In 1970s, Hong Kong New World Center was built. This magnificent building is still a landmark in Tsim Sha Tsui. In the 1980s. The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, built in cooperation with the Hong Kong Trade Bureau, ranks among the best of its kind in Asia. In 1990s, he took the lead in marching into Chinese mainland and devoted himself to the construction of the motherland. In addition, it also acquired the equity of ATV, established the largest hotel group in Hong Kong, and acquired 28 overseas hotels of stouffer Group in the United States and 9 hotels of penta Group in Europe.

X. Ma Yun's Three Entrepreneurials

First time: founded Haibo translation agency.

The reason why Ma Yun wants to run translation agency is mainly based on three considerations: 1. At that time, many foreign trade companies in Hangzhou needed a large number of full-time or part-time foreign language translators; He has too many orders in this field, and he is really too busy; There was no professional translation agency in Hangzhou at that time.

Many people just have ideas and never act. But as soon as Ma Yun has an idea, he will act immediately.

In order to maintain the survival of translation agency, Ma Yun began to sell underwear, gifts, medicines and other small commodities, and sold them everywhere like many salesmen. He was humiliated and looked down upon. In the past three years, translation agency has survived by selling these groceries by Ma Yun. From 65438 to 0995, translation agency began to make a profit.

Now, Haibo Translation Agency has become the largest professional translation agency in Hangzhou. Although it can't be compared with today's Alibaba [18.740.32%], Haibo translation agency has also made great contributions to Ma Yun's entrepreneurial experience. Haibo translation agency's greatest inspiration to Ma Yun is: Never give up. Without money, you can succeed as long as you never give up.

The second time: the establishment of China Yellow Pages China Yellow Pages is the first website in China, although it is extremely rough.

The website was established because of an experience of Ma Yun in America. 1995 In early 1995, Ma Yun visited a friend's Internet company in Seattle and saw the magic of the Internet with his own eyes. He immediately realized the huge development prospect of the Internet in the future and immediately decided to return to China to do the Internet. At the beginning of his business, Ma Yun had no money, and all his possessions were only 6,000 yuan. So he sold the office furniture of Haibo translation agency, borrowed money from relatives and friends, and made up 80,000 yuan. Coupled with the investment of two friends, a * * * is only 65,438+10,000 yuan. For an Internet company, a mere 654.38 million+is really shabby.

Many people say that you can't compete with millions of Internet companies. Others say that today's environment is completely different from when Ma Yun founded China Yellow Pages. At that time, 654.38+ 10,000 yuan was ok, but now it is definitely not. For China Yellow Pages, in the early days of its establishment, capital was indeed the biggest problem. Due to large expenses and little business, at worst, the company only has 200 yuan cash in its bank account. However, with the indomitable spirit, Ma Yun overcame all kinds of difficulties and turned the turnover from zero to several million.

Of course, China Yellow Pages was later acquired by Hangzhou Telecom. But I think China Yellow Pages is still successful in Ma Yun's hands.

The third time: founded Alibaba

Alibaba is undoubtedly a miracle in the history of Internet in China, which was created by Ma Yun and his team. But when Alibaba started its business, it didn't have much money, 500 thousand, which was pieced together by 18 people. 500 thousand, it's all their money However, it is this 500,000, but Ma Yun shouted such a declaration: We want to build the world's largest e-commerce company and rank among the top ten websites in the world!

During the period of 1999, the Internet in China entered a white-hot state. Foreign venture capitalists are crazy about investing in China Internet companies, and Internet companies are also crazy about burning money. 500,000 yuan is only a small advertising fee for such large portals as Sina, Sohu and Netease. Alibaba's start was quite difficult. Everyone's salary is only 500 yuan, and the company can't wait to spend half of it.

Eight years have passed. On June 6th, 2007, 165438+ Alibaba was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a market value of US$ 20 billion, making it the largest Internet company in China. Ma Yun and his entrepreneurial team have created the greatest miracle in China's Internet history.