00:00Hello everyone. Today we re going to tell you the story of how Jack Ma dropped out of college
00:04to start Alibaba, the largest e-commerce company in the world. If you want to hear more stories
00:09like this, stay tuned. Chapter 1. The early years Jack Ma Wa was born in China. In September 1964,
00:16his father worked in the military and his mother was a local official. When he was 12 years old,
00:21his parents divorced and he moved with his mother to another city where she remarried a factory
00:25worker. Jack Ma was a curious kid who loved to ask questions. He was also a class clown who would
00:30make his teachers laugh. But when he got into high school, things changed. He became more serious
00:35and focused on studying. He wanted to get into university so he could have a good job and make
00:40his mother proud. After graduating from high school, Jack Ma applied to several universities but he
00:45wasn't accepted anywhere. So he tried again the next year and this time he was accepted to Honjo
00:49Teachers Institute where he studied English. While in college, Jack Ma started dating a classmate named
00:54Kathy. They fell in love and got married after graduation. After college, Jack Ma became an
00:59English teacher at the same institute where he had studied. He was good at his job but he didn't
01:04feel fulfilled. He wanted to do something more with his life. So he quit his job and started working
01:09for a translation company. It paid much better than teaching, but it was also much more stressful.
01:13Jack Ma had to translate documents for clients who were often demanding and impatient. He also had to
01:19deal with colleagues who were jealous of his success. In 1995, Jack Ma decided to take a break from
01:24his stressful job and go on vacation with his wife.
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