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Jack Ma (56), one of the richest men in China with a fortune of around $ 39 billion, simply disappeared at the end of October 2020. Even his Twitter account has gone silent. What happened to the billionaire that federal councilor Ueli Maurer (70) met in China last year? Is it the regime behind this?
The founder of online mail-order company Alibaba had enraged the communist regime in the fall. Among other things, he is said to have told a financial forum in Shanghai that the Chinese financial system does not have a system and that too strict regulations would hamper economic and technical progress.
Twitter is silent
Chinese President Xi Jinping (67) is said to have responded quickly to the criticism by personally preventing the planned IPO of Ant Group, Jack Ma’s company, according to the “Wall Street Journal.” A senior Chinese official told the newspaper that Xi is not interested in how rich you are, only if you balance your interests with those of the state.
Strange: The Twitter account has also been silent since October 10. Jack Ma then regularly informed his followers about his projects. On August 19, he tweeted about his own show “Africa’s Business Heroes,” where the best entrepreneurs are chosen. Jack Ma wrote:
Changed in jury
But suddenly the billionaire is no longer a member of the jury. In a statement from the company it only says: “Due to an overlap, Mr. Ma can no longer be part of the jury for the‹ Africa’s Business Heroes ›final.”
The case is reminiscent of the Chinese real estate magnate Ren Zhiqiang (69). He disappeared in March 2020 after calling President Xi a “clown” for his handling of the Corona crisis. The receipt continued in September: a court sentenced him to 18 years in prison for corruption offenses. (gf)
