That's how ended up with the nickname Jack, 60 Minutes reported. It took Ma three tries to get into college. After high school, he applied to go to college — but failed the entrance exam twice.

Jack Ma, a cofounder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo, the university said ...

He was admitted to Hangzhou Teachers College on the third try ... December 15, 2014 – Founds the Jack Ma Foundation, a philanthropic organization. 2017 – Co-founds a private school, the ...

That's how ended up with the nickname Jack, 60 Minutes reported. It took Ma three tries to get into college.