{"id":29203,"date":"2023-05-01T02:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/alibaba-founder-jack-ma\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T02:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:29:05","slug":"alibaba-founder-jack-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/alibaba-founder-jack-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba founder Jack Ma takes up Tokyo University visiting professorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO (Reuters) – Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the university said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The appointment term for China’s best-known entrepreneur finishes at the end of October, but the contract is renewable on an annual basis, the university said.<\/p>\n

At the college, Ma will be engaged in areas including advising on important research themes and giving lectures on management and business start-ups.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after Ma returned to China in March, ending a stay overseas of more than a year that industry viewed as reflecting the sober mood of the country’s private businesses after a tough two-year regulatory crackdown. <\/p>\n

The Tokyo College was founded in 2019 to serve as an interface between the University of Tokyo and overseas researchers and research institutions.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Sonali Paul)<\/p>\n

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