Alibaba Changes Chairman and CEO; Eddie Wu to Lead Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group
webThis article covers Alibaba's leadership transition, including Eddie Wu taking over as CEO and head of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group. Relevant to AI safety as Alibaba Cloud is a major AI infrastructure provider, and leadership changes can affect AI development priorities and governance.
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Alibaba Group completed its leadership transition on September 10, 2023, with Joseph Tsai becoming Chairman and Eddie Wu becoming CEO. Wu also succeeded Daniel Zhang as acting Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, while the company continues plans to spin off the cloud unit.
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- •Joseph C. Tsai assumed the role of Chairman and Eddie Wu became CEO of Alibaba Group effective Sept. 10, 2023.
- •Eddie Wu succeeded Daniel Zhang as acting Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group.
- •Alibaba continues its plan to spin off Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group as a separate entity.
- •Daniel Zhang served as Alibaba CEO since 2015 and Chairman since 2019, departing after 16 years.
- •The cloud spinoff is subject to regulatory reviews, market conditions, and restructuring of assets.
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Support Turkey Earthquake Emergency Relief Support Turkey Earthquake Emergency Relief --> By Alizila Staff | Published on Sept. 10, 2023 As Alibaba Group announced on June 20, 2023, the company completed its leadership transition on Sept. 10, with Joseph C. Tsai assuming the role of Chairman and Eddie Yongming Wu assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company, according to a filing with Hong Kong’s stock exchange. In addition, the company announced that Wu will succeed Daniel Yong Zhang as acting Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, effective Sept. 10, 2023. The company will continue to execute its previously announced plan to spin off Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group under a separate management team to be appointed, subject to the restructuring of certain assets, liabilities and contracts, implementation of employee equity incentive plans, market conditions, as well as regulatory reviews and approvals in relevant jurisdictions. The board of Alibaba expressed its deepest appreciation to Zhang for his contributions to Alibaba Group over the past 16 years, including as Chief Executive Officer since 2015 and as Chairman since 2019, as well as his leadership of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group since 2022. For more news on Alibaba leadership Alibaba Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang Eddie Wu Joe Tsai leadership Reuse this content Never Miss a Story Subscribe to Our Newsletter Popular Stories Alibaba Group Alibaba Bets Big on Agentic AI: A Multi-Trillion Dollar Market Opportunity Leadership AliViews: Eddie Wu on Alibaba’s Q3 Earnings Company News Alibaba Honored the Sixth Consecutive Year on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies List Alibaba Group AliViews: Eddie Wu on Alibaba’s Q2 Earnings
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