Daniel Zhang

Daniel Zhang
张勇
Daniel Zhang in 2023
Born (1972-01-11) January 11, 1972
Shanghai, China
EducationShanghai University of Finance and Economics
OccupationBusiness executive

Daniel Zhang Yong (simplified Chinese: 张勇; traditional Chinese: 張勇; pinyin: Zhāng Yǒng) is a Chinese business executive who was the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Alibaba Group. Before becoming Alibaba's chief, Zhang was best known for his roles as CEO of Taobao and president of Tmall (owned by Alibaba). While running Tmall, Zhang created the Singles' Day shopping holiday, an annual Chinese sales event with gross sales reaching four times higher than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.

In 2020, Zhang was included on Time's list of 100 most influential people in the world.

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