In the Fall of 2014, the biggest Chinese dreamer became the biggest headliner in America! Jack Ma, Founder & Executive Chairman of Alibaba took the global financial world by storm last Friday (Sept 19, 2014) with the biggest ever IPO (Initial Public Offering) on the New York Stock Exchange. In the first 10 minutes of trading – 100 million shares changed hands. Stocks surged more than 36% over the initial price of $68 a share, taking Alibaba to a market value of $230 billion dollars – ranking alongside Procter & Gamble and JP Morgan Chase. Today, when I typed in Jack Ma in Google, it’s yielded 4,940,000 results. Alibaba? 66, 300,000 results. These numbers are mind-numbing. But 15 years ago – who would have imagined that Jack Ma, a skinny and dreamy English schoolteacher from Hangzhou, China, could not only transform himself into an internet entrepreneur, but also launched a start-up from his apartment with 17 friends, and grew it into the world’s biggest e-commerce company? I first became a fan of Jack Ma two years ago after I interviewed his former close aide at Alibaba – Porter Erisman. Erisman described the magnetic personality and magical thinking behind Jack Ma, a visionary who wanted to catapult his e-commerce ecosystem beyond China. What impressed me most about Jack Ma is his resilience in the face of countless setbacks in a long bumpy road that at one point, almost brought Alibaba to bankruptcy. In this video profile of Jack Ma – narrated by Porter Erisman (former VP of Alibabaa), I’ve learned what makes a true leader – clear and convincing communication of a compelling vision, unwavering confidence, intuitive decisiveness, optimism, determination, charisma and courage. Tell us what you think? Share your comments below.