Joe Tsai, Co-Founder and Chairman, Alibaba: Find Your People

Joe Tsai, Alibaba's chairman, discusses his journey from Taiwan to becoming a key figure in the Chinese tech industry. Tsai recounts his early challenges adapting to American culture and sports, then details his pivotal decision to join Jack Ma's Alibaba. He emphasizes the importance of finding co-founders with complementary skills and fostering a culture of humility and customer focus. Tsai also addresses Alibaba's strategy for competing in the AI race, advocating for global cooperation rather than competition between countries. He touches on Alibaba's success with Taobao, its cloud infrastructure investments, and his investment in the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty. His advice to those building a global company is to focus on winning locally first.