Billionaire <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Jack+Ma&family=editorial&specificpeople=2110288 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Jack Ma</a>, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., speaks during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce company started in 1999 with $60,000 cobbled together by Ma, cemented its status as a symbol of China's economic emergence by raising $21.8 billion in a U.S. initial public offering. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images
{"Image ImageDescription": "Bloomberg's Best Photos 2014: Billionaire Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., speaks during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce company started in 1999 with $60,000 cobbled together by Ma, cemented its status as a symbol of China's economic emergence by raising $21.8 billion in a U.S. initial public offering. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "Image Copyright": "? 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP"}