Jack Ma's wealth rose by $5.9 bn to $35.6 bn this year
China's richest person and e-commerce giant Alibaba's Founder, Jack Ma's net worth rose by $5.9 billion to $35.6 billion this year, helped by a 25% rise in his company's shares. Ma became China's richest person in April, surpassing China's largest real estate developer's Chairman Wang Jianlin's net worth of $31.6 billion. Besides China, Ma is also Asia's richest person.