Hire as many women as possible, Jack Ma urges as Alibaba branded IaaS 'visionary'

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Women will be 'very powerful' in 21st century, Alibaba founder says, after Chinese giant's cloud arm makes it into Gartner Magic Quadrant for first time

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has urged firms to take a leaf from his book and "hire as many women as possible". Ma (pictured) has repeatedly talked up the importance of gender balance in the workforc...

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