'I don't want to die at the office' -- Alibaba's Ma looks to retirement

Founder of Chinese e-commerce group underlines his plans to move on

JENNIFER LO, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Jack Ma Yun, founder of Alibaba Group Holding, on Friday shared his hopes for early retirement, three years after he stepped down as chief executive officer of the Chinese e-commerce company.

"I don't want to die at the office," said Ma, 52, speaking at a closed-door conference in Hong Kong and broadcast live on Facebook. "For e-commerce, I've already spent 17 years to build it. I want to retire early. I really want to ... start [looking] at the world."

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