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Joe Tsai
Joe Tsai is chairman of Alibaba Group. Tsai joined the Alibaba Group in 1999 as a member of the founding team.
Born
19 Jan 1964
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Business
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Co-founder, chairman of Alibaba
The Chinese University of Hong Kong students (from left) Yip Mau-shing, Luo Haoyuan, and Kevin Choi. Photo: Handout
Chinese Basketball Association

Hong Kong students vowing to play ‘fast and smart’ during AUBL contest in China

One of the six newcomers in the university basketball league, Chinese University of Hong Kong will compete in the 12-team event this summer.

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Alibaba signs 6-year AI deal with Uefa, will give fans ‘immersive experience’

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‘Sharif speed’ meets Qwen AI: how Alibaba sealed a sweeping deal with Pakistan

Chairman Joe Tsai uses firm’s mobile AI tool to draft a sweeping tech pact in moments, as ‘frontier technologies’ increasingly enter the global limelight.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (right) meets the chairman of Alibaba Group, Joe Tsai, on Sunday. Photo: handout
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba signals next phase of AI growth from investment to commercialisation

Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant forecasts 30 billion yuan AI revenue in 2026, with agents driving more than half of cloud sales.

Banking & finance

AI | AI infrastructure investment bubble unlikely to burst by 2027: Macquarie

Investors are piling money into AI technologies – but revenues still have a long way to catch up, Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets says.

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Alibaba

Alibaba gets nod to spin off warehouse park as Reit in logistics pivot

Hong Kong exchange’s approval is first step in plan to list asset on Shenzhen bourse as Beijing encourages Reit listings.

Employees walk past a company logo at the Alibaba office in Beijing on April 1, 2026. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

How the rise of AI agents could finally make China’s open-source models pay

Free models helped Chinese firms find rapid success – but thin margins are forcing a shift towards hybrid business strategies.

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Chinese Basketball Association

Ex-NBA star Yao Ming adds financial support to Asian University Basketball League

Other notable investors include Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai, plus owner of Philadelphia 76ers and former co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks.

China trade

China’s AI edge built on power grid, open-source models: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Investment in power and open-source models, plus industrial depth, highlights China’s vast potential for AI applications, Joe Tsai says.

Joe Tsai, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding, delivers a speech on March 22 at the China Development Forum in Beijing. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Jack Ma, Alibaba leaders call for education overhaul in the age of AI

Time spent memorising textbooks could be freed up to cultivate creativity and imagination, according to Ma, the founder of Alibaba.

From left, Jack Ma, Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu discuss AI at a school in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Photo: qq.com
Hong Kong society

Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: John Lee hails ‘role models’ as firefighters feted

Sa’diyya Nesar wins the Lion Rock People’s Choice Award for her work in promoting disability inclusion.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba reaffirms open-source AI commitment as it hails successes

‘Building with the community’ is crucial to the success of the Qwen family of large language models, company says.

Ant Group

Alipay+ announces sponsorship deal with WNBA team New York Liberty

The sponsorship follows the designation earlier this month of Liberty player Sabrina Ionescu as Ant International’s global brand ambassador.

Peng Yang (left), CEO of Ant International, with Clara Wu Tsai, governor of New York Liberty. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner

He will join the 17-member Alibaba Partnership, which steers the company’s course and includes co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.

Alibaba’s Zhou Jingren speaks during a summit in Hong Kong on November 13, 2023. Photo: May Tse
Ant Group

Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador

Payments firm says star player ‘embodies the spirit of perseverance’ driving young people and small businesses to ‘uplift their communities’.

ATP

Billionaire investor Marc Lasry sees ‘huge opportunity’ for innovation in tennis

Hot on the heels of Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Hong Kong, Lasry says at the Post’s Family Business Summit the sport is ‘ripe for disruption’.

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Family offices

Hong Kong leader John Lee to speak at family business summit

Third annual event curated by the Post and Blue Pool Capital, presented by UBS, features speakers from governments to Wall Street to the NBA.

(Left to right): SCMP’s Executive Managing Editor Zuraidah Ibrahim, Editor-in-Chief Tammy Tam, Singapore’s former foreign minister George Yeo, Alibaba Group Holding’s chairman Joe Tsai, SCMP’s CEO Catherine So, at the 2025 Family Business Summit in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
Tencent

Tencent claims 20% gain in R&D efficiency from AI automation

More than a quarter of code-related problems across Tencent’s vast suite of products and services so far this year were discovered by AI.

SCMP

South China Morning Post appoints Tammy Tam as publisher in major overhaul

Chow Chung-yan will take over as editor-in-chief, while CEO Catherine So will leave the Post after 3½ years.

Artificial intelligence

Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT

Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

Alibaba, Ant buy Hong Kong offices, in city’s biggest deal since 2021

Alibaba and Ant bought 301,555 square feet of space in the top 13 floors of the 24-storey building, with parking space for 50 vehicles and signage rights.

One Causeway Bay (left) office tower in Causeway Bay on October 17, 2025. Photo: Robert Ng
Alibaba

US, China leaders will avoid ‘race to the bottom’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Chairman of Chinese giant also says winning in the AI race is about attaining the largest model adoption.

NBA

NBA China Games: Celtics, Trail Blazers thrown into mix of teams coming next

With Macau to host eight more matches over the next four years, the team line-up beyond next year’s fixture remains a hot topic.

US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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The US and China are intensifying investments into AI. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
NBA China games

Phoenix Suns shine in Macau as the NBA makes a star-studded return to China

Stars of stage, screen and sports among fans in a packed Venetian Arena treated to an evening of singing, dancing and sparkling basketball.

Fans packed into the The Venetian Arena in Macau to watch the first of the NBA China Games between the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns. Photo: Karma Lo
Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud inks landmark multi-year collaboration with NBA China

‘It is an exciting time at the intersection of sports and technology,’ Alibaba chairman and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen lab sets up robotics team, showcasing its AI ambitions

The announcement suggests the Chinese tech giant is accelerating its development in the field of AI-powered hardware.

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