Leadership Style of Jack Ma: Steve Jobs and
Leadership Style of Jack Ma: Steve Jobs and
Leadership Style of Jack Ma: Steve Jobs and
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Co-founder of Apple Inc
one of the most influential people in the computer
industry
Autocratic leadership style
• Meticulously detailed
• Like-minded people follow his lead
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Autocratic leadership style
● Not care about thoughts and emotions
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6$ to 8$
is the number of the price per share increasing
(2003 to 2006)
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$10 billion (1999)
increase to $50 billion
(2005)
is the Apple’s total stock value
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Jack Ma
Leadership style and traits
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Leader of Alibaba Group
The business marketplace Alibaba and the shopping site
Taobao. Top 33rd of billionare
and Entrepreneurs”
1,590 RMB
The value of goods traded on
Taobao (2015 fiscal)
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Conclusion
• Appropriate to the level of each employee
• Create good condition to express ideas
• Empower to take risks
• Depending on the model, corporate culture
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Credits
● Adem Tahiri. 2019. ‘10 Richest, Most Successful Tech Geniuses’. Investopedia.
Retrieved 18 May 2020 (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-
finance/072715/10-richest-most-successful-tech-geniuses.asp).
● Chris Atkinson. 2019. ‘Jack Ma’s Leadership Approach’. Retrieved 20 May 2020
(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/jack-mas-leadership-approach-chris-atkinson).
● Houston, Abby Narishkin, Jack. 2019. ‘Alibaba Cofounder Jack Ma Is the Richest Man
in China — Here’s How He Spends His $38 Billion Net Worth’. Business Insider.
Retrieved 19 May 2020 (https://www.businessinsider.com/how-alibaba-founder-jack-
ma-makes-and-spends-his-billions-2019-11).
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