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Spotlight on Alibaba CEO Zhang as Jack Ma starts retirement countdown

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Spotlight on Alibaba CEO Zhang as Jack Ma starts retirement countdownBEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Unlike his charismatic boss, Jack Ma, Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang isn’t usually one to grab the limelight, let alone make kung fu movies with superstars or dance in public. “We don’t know much about (Zhang) even though he’s been CEO for a while, because he’s by nature a very low-key person, low profile. The handover of power, the first such transition for any of China’s major tech firms, will see Zhang, 46, elevated to the top of a sprawling empire that spans e-commerce, payments, fast food delivery and brick-and-mortar retail.