Hupan University
Hupan University (湖畔大学) is a corporate business school located in Yuhu Bay, Xihu (西湖) Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It was founded in 2015 by Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate.[1]
This business school have 9 co-founders including Jack Ma, Chuanzhi Liu, Lun feng, Guangchang Guo, Yuzhu Shi, Guojun Shen, Yingyi Qian, Hongbing Cai and Xiaofeng Shao.
Hupan University is ranked 101-200th in WURI Global Top 100 Innovative Universities Ranking 2021.[2]
History
Jack Ma and nine fellow business executives decided to found a school based in China, during the 2015–16 Chinese stock market turbulence as China's answer to Harvard Business School, which itself was founded during the banking panic of 1907.[3]
The institution also offers online classes.[4]
Jack Ma stepped down from the Presidency of the university in 2021. The organization announced it would restructure, including changing its name to Hupan Innovation Center and disassociate itself from Ma.[5]
Alumni
- Justin Sun, cryptocurrency business owner[6]
- Tiger Hu, singer-songwriter and producer[7]
References
- ^ "Jack Ma's Hupan University kicks off new class, includes Horizon Robotics CEO · TechNode". technode.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Global Top 100 Innovative Universities - WURI". WURI. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ Private companies have put down strong roots in China. The Economist. London. 30 April 2020
- ^ "99 yuan per year: Jack Ma's Hupan University launches open classes online". People's Daily Online. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Yu, Sun; McMorrow, Ryan (May 24, 2021). "Jack Ma to step down as president of his elite business school". The Financial Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ Fulton, Michaela (June 17, 2019). "5 things to know about Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun". South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ 徐, 子茗 (March 27, 2019). "湖畔大学的「明星学员」胡彦斌". 中国日报中文网 (in Chinese). Retrieved March 14, 2022.
External links
- "湖畔大学". hupan.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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