Yong Zhang is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies. Presently, Mr. Zhang occupies the position of Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Chairman of Sun Art Retail Group Ltd., Chairman of Alibaba Group (U.S.), Inc. and Chairman of Shenzhen OneTouch Enterprise Service Co., Ltd. (which are all subsidiaries of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.) and Chairman for Intime Retail (Group) Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhang is also on the board of The Consumer Goods Forum, Weibo Corp. and Paytm E-Commerce Pvt Ltd. and Founding Member at Alibaba Partnership and Member of The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

In the past Mr. Zhang held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Taobao.com, Chief Financial Officer at Taobao Marketplace, Chief Financial Officer of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Principal at Arthur Andersen Southern China, General Manager for Tmall.com and Senior Manager-Audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP.

He received an undergraduate degree from Shanghai University of Finance & Economics.