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Eddie Wu

CEO of Alibaba; refounded the company around AI and cloud.

b. 1975China吴泳铭CEO, Alibaba GroupCEO, Alibaba CloudFounding member & engineer, Alibaba

One of Alibaba's eighteen founders and its first engineers. Took over as group CEO in 2023 and made 'user first, AI-driven' the company's stated strategy, running Alibaba Cloud himself.

Known for
Alibaba's AI-first pivot

3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 2023–now3 yrsAlibaba GroupCEO
  2. 2023–now3 yrsAlibaba CloudCEO
  3. 1999–now27 yrsAlibabaFounding member & engineer

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No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.

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