Joe Tsai joined Alibaba in 1999 as a member of the founding team and has served on the Company's board of directors since inception. He was chief financial officer until 2013, our executive vice chairman until September 2023 and currently serves as our Chairman. Mr. Tsai is a founding member of the Alibaba Partnership and a board member of our affiliate Ant Group.

From 1995 to 1999, Joe was a private equity investor based in Asia with Investor AB of Sweden’s Wallenberg family. Prior tothat, he was general counsel of Rosecliff, Inc., a management buyout firm based in New York. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Tsai was an associate attorney in the tax group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a New York-based international law firm.

Mr. Tsai is qualified to practice law in the State of New York. Mr. Tsai received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from YaleCollege and a juris doctor degree from Yale Law School.