Joseph Tsai (Alibaba Group) - From Alibaba to the NBA

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Joseph Tsai is a co-founder and the executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, a global Internet technology company based in China. He is also the owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the WNBA’s New York Liberty, along with several other sports and sports media companies. In this conversation with Stanford professor Tom Byers, Tsai tells stories and shares strategies from a career that has built many important bridges between China and North America.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:07.0	This is the Entrepreneural Thought Leader series.
0:10.0	Brought to you by Stanford E. Corner.
0:14.0	We're so excited today to welcome Joe Sy to ETL.
0:19.0	He's the co-founder and the executive vice chairman
0:22.4	still of the Alibaba Group, a global internet technology
0:26.2	company, there's no introduction,
0:27.5	but it's based in China where the portfolio includes
0:30.9	about everything under the sun, e-commerce, cloud computing,
0:34.3	digital media and entertainment.
0:37.1	He joined Jack Maugh and the others to incorporate the
0:39.8	company in 1999, just over 20 years ago, and he served in a variety of capacities, leadership
0:46.5	capacities over the years. He's now responsible for the company's strategic acquisitions and
0:51.9	investments as the executive vice chairman.
0:54.7	I hope I got that right, Joe, and serves on its board of directors, obviously.
1:00.0	He's a graduate of Yale College and holds a law degree from Yale Law School.
1:04.7	In addition to his role at Alibaba, I'm just as excited that he's an owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and the WMBA's New York
1:16.2	Liberty and is vested in several other sports and sports media companies. You can see all that up on
1:22.7	Wikipedia. You know, I had two dreams in life was to be a college professor and own a sports team. So I got
1:29.9	one of them done, but it's great to hang out with somebody who actually got to do that. So we're
1:33.9	going to talk about both of those things. Welcome, Joe. Good morning once again. Good afternoon, Tom.
1:40.9	I'm really glad to be here. And I guess for one afternoon, I can be a college professor and speak to the students.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Stanford eCorner, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Stanford eCorner and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.