Quotable

I never expected to become the richest person in my community, least of all in Zhejiang province or China. The title is meaningless. A man can live on just a few dollars. I couldn't be happier than when I was living on a monthly wage of 90 yuan ($14.60) more than two decades ago."

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group and China's richest man, sharing his thoughts after Alibaba kicked off its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in September, as reported by China Economic Weekly on Wednesday.