Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the university said on Monday.
The appointment term for China’s best-known entrepreneur finishes at the end of October, but the contract is renewable on an annual basis, the university said.
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At the college, Ma will be engaged in areas including advising on important research themes and giving lectures on management and business start-ups.
The announcement came after Ma returned to China in March, ending a stay overseas of more than a year that the industry viewed as reflecting the sober mood of the country’s private businesses after a tough two-year regulatory crackdown.
The Tokyo College was founded in 2019 to serve as an interface between the University of Tokyo and overseas researchers and research institutions.
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