In 2001, we went to raise some $3 million in venture capital in the U.S. and got rejected. So we’ve come back and raised a little bit more: $25 billion. This is not money; this is trust from the world, trust from the people.

— Jack Ma

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In 2001, we went to raise some $3 million in venture capital in the U.S. and got rejected. So we’ve come back and raised a little bit more: $25 billion. This is not money; this is trust from the world, trust from the people." in the context of "Charlie Rose Talks to Alibaba's Jack Ma, Bloomberg" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jack Ma

About Jack Ma

Jack Ma (Traditional Chinese: 馬雲) (born September 10, 1964) is a Chinese business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder andexecutive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. Ranked 2nd in the annual "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" list by Fortune.