He also enjoys a very handsome salary.

Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters We are sure that he will be just as amazing when he becomes the executive chairman.

Daniel Zhang, CEO of Alibaba Group speaks after Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival also known as Singles Day sets a new record of RMB213.5 billion or more than US$30 billion in … On September 10 th 2018, Jack Ma (Ma), Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group Holdings Limited (Alibaba), announced the succession plan of handing over the reins to Daniel Zhang (Zhang), CEO, Alibaba, a year later.

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He will soon be working as the executive chairman of the same company.

He also enjoys a very handsome salary.His net worth is rumored to be around $2 million US dollars.

Daniel Zhang faces a big task to steer growth at a time when …

Ma is so popular that his speaking engagements often draw large crowds, "We believe that the best way to give thanks to yesterday is to create the most beautiful future together," Zhang said during his speech at Ma's Shares of Alibaba have lost 15% of their value since June of last year, One new business Zhang supports is grocery and restaurant delivery service Freshippo, according to A normal weekday for Zhang "amounts pretty much to work, eat, and sleep," according to Alibaba has a reputation for requiring demanding hours and travel schedules from its employees, something employees poked fun at during their performances at Ma's Zhang personally lobbied the online marketplaces' merchants to participate in the first Singles' Day in 2009, The event generated $25 billion in sales in 2018 and is bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined,

Alibaba’s Daniel Zhang takes the top spot but some big names in Chinese tech are missing.

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This has caused him to appear in many headlines.