AdvertisementFrom A Chinese Apartment To Wall Street Darling: The Rise Of AlibabaSeptember 08, 2014Frank LangfittfacebookEmailJack Ma speaks in Hangzhou, China, on May 10, 2013. Ma shot to fame as the founder of Alibaba, the pioneering Chinese e-commerce site that's poised to be one of the biggest tech IPOs ever when it goes public in New York. (AFP/Getty Images)