Hi everyone. Today we have a special guest visiting called Joe Tsai, chair, co-founder of one of the world largest companies with more than one billion consumers called Alibaba, a giant in e-commerce, digital payments, cloud computing, entertainment and much more.

We own almost 2% of the company, and you know what?

Joe is also a huge sports fan, and you even own a basketball team, Brooklyn Nets.

So great to have you here, Joe, and lots to talk about.

Thanks for having me, Niklai.

Now, let's start with the beginning, just to get to know you a bit.

You were born in Taiwan, but when you were 13, you moved to the US.

So how was that transition?

It was an extraordinary transition.

I came from a very different culture.

I grew up in a very Chinese environment and went to a Chinese school. So I barely spoke English when I landed in New Jersey in the United States at age 13.

So I went to a boarding school. I thought the best way for me to integrate and be friends with

everyone was to play a lot of sports. I tried out for a lot of teams.

I got cut from the baseball team and the swimming team.

Were you any good?

I wasn't good skill-wise in baseball, but I was fairly athletic and had some speed, right?

I was fast.

So I tried out for football, American football.

I played American football on the varsity team and also played lacrosse in high school and then went on to play football. I played American football on the varsity team and also played lacrosse in high school

and then went on to play lacrosse in college. Okay. Who were the formative people in your upbringing?

My father. He is one of the most brilliant, one of the most sharp-minded people, I know, but he's very tough. I fear my father.

You're still for him?

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