CNN: Jack Ma cashes out billions of dollars in Alibaba shares as stock booms

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has sold billions of dollars worth of his shares in the Chinese ecommerce company over the past year as its stock has skyrocketed by about 50%. Ma, one of China’s richest people, cut his stake from 6.2% to 4.8%, according to the company’s annual report.

The report did not say when Ma sold his shares or for how much. At the current market price, the stake would be worth about $8.2 billion. Ma retired last year as the company’s executive chairman at the age of 55 and said he would devote his time to philanthropy.

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