Jack Ma was awarded the Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, Forbes said Jack Ma deserved the Nobel Prize

19 years ago, Forbes first usedMa Yunas a coverperson.Jack Ma said in an interview that he wanted to "change the world" and make "there is no difficult business in the world", so many people laughed at him.

Nineteen years later, Alibaba has also grown from a team of 19 to a global leader.

Taobao,Alipaychanged countless peopleLife.Today, the chairman of Forbes Media Group personally awarded Jack Ma with the Lifetime Achievement Award and praised him as one of the greatest entrepreneurial heroes in the world who deserves a Nobel Prize for his original intentions and achievements.

Singapore At the Forbes Global CEO Conference on the evening of October 2019, 10, Forbes Media Group Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes had an in-depth 15-minute conversation with Jack Ma.

Forbes says Jack Ma deserves Nobel Prize for founding Alibaba and Alipay

Although Jack Ma just won the Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, Steve Forbes suggested that Jack Ma founded Alibaba and Alipay, which enabled countless small businesses to obtain loans and conduct business onlineE-commercebusiness.

The original intention and achievements of this business can be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Steve Forbes has shown a keen interest in Alibaba, he told Jack Ma, "You have not only achieved what the company has achieved, but also enabled small businesses to do business online and gain credibility with Alipay, which the traditional banking system has not paid attention to." .

He believes that the power brought by Alipay is very significant: "I think Jack Ma's original heart and achievements can be awarded the Nobel Prize."

Steve Forbes also asked Jack Ma about Alipay's loan service experience. He was curious, why Alipay dared to lend to small businesses in just 3 minutes?

Alipay relies onAITechnology and big data solve corporate loan problems

Ma Yun said that Alipay relies on AI technology and big data to solve tens of millions of small and medium-sized enterprisesSmall tradeHe is not proud of technology, but proud of our credit system.

“Most traditional finance starts from the top down, starting with the rich, but Alipay started with the poor, and the poor love mobile payments. We think the financial system of the 21st century has to empower others so that everyone can enjoy it. Equal financial services."

Steve Forbes released the 2000 magazine to Jack Ma and immediately made Jack the first entrepreneur to receive coverage from Forbes International.

Jack Ma recalls that when he founded Alibaba in 1999, he wanted to prove one thing: Entrepreneurship and internet technology could help the public create a better future.

"Many small businesses don't know how to do business, so we help them;
Banks don't know how to help small businesses, so we help them;
If they don't pay,E-commerceIt's just empty talk, so in the past 20 years, for Alipay.We are always thinking about how to solve social problems, not complaining.
Today, I am very proud to see countless lives changed by our efforts. "

Why Forbes awarded Jack Ma with the Lifetime Achievement Award

In order to solve social problems and help ordinary people succeed, Forbes has insisted on and advocated entrepreneurship for more than 100 years, and it is also the reason why Forbes awarded Jack Ma with the Lifetime Achievement Award.