HONG KONG — Mr Jack Ma has accepted the appointment as an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), as the co-founder and former chairman of Alibaba Group Holding pursues his lifelong passion for education after his 2019 retirement from one of Asia’s largest technology companie
Mr Ma, who turned 58 in September, was invited to be an honorary professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics on April 1 for a three-year term ending in March 2026, according to an announcement on the faculty’s website.
HKU was ranked 21st in the 2023 QS World University Rankings, while its Business and Economics course was 34th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. "The only thing we have is the belief in the future and in our dreams. We committed numerous mistakes, but we did one thing right: never give up."
Mr Ma has also been conferred an honorary professorship by the University of Tokyo, according to people familiar with the matter.
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