This is shocking news!Liu Qiangdong, the founder, chairman of the board and CEO of JD.com, announced that he would step down as CEO on April 7, 2023, handing over the e-commerce empire he founded to others. He was replaced by a little-known executive, Xu Lei. What the hell is going on?Why did Liu Qiangdong give up his country?Has he already thrown in the towel?Has he been defeated by Alibaba's Jack Ma?
These questions are not only what JD.com's employees, shareholders and users want to know, but also what the entire Internet industry and the public want to know. Because the showdown between Liu Qiangdong and Ma Yun is not just a business competition between two entrepreneurs, but a war about the future direction of China's e-commerce. This war has been going on for more than a decade.
There is hardly a field, a market segment, an innovation direction, a social demand, a consumer group, a business model, a technology application, a values, and a dream, which Liu Qiangdong and Ma Yun have not fought for. They are like two immortal gods, using their strength and wisdom to tear apart the Chinese Internet skyHe divided his territory, established his kingdom, recruited his own followers, waged his own wars, created his own miracles, showed his charm, interpreted his ideals, fulfilled his ambitions, and achieved his own legend.
They are the two giants of China's Internet, they are the two leaders of China's e-commerce, and they are the two models of China's entrepreneurshipThey are the two spokespersons of the Chinese dream, and they are the two creators of China's future. Every time they competed, they aroused the attention of hundreds of millions of people, every interaction they had triggered the speculation of hundreds of millions of people, every voice they spoke out of them had resonated with hundreds of millions of people, and every change they had triggered the shock of hundreds of millions of people. Their existence is a kind of influence, a kind of appeal, a kind of motivation, a kind of change, a kind of creativity, a kind of subversive power, a kind of leadership, a kind of legendary power.
They are Liu Qiangdong and Jack Ma, they are JD.com and Alibaba, they are the two myths of the Chinese InternetThey are the two legends of China's e-commerce, they are the two miracles of China's entrepreneurship, they are the two realizers of the Chinese dream, and they are the two creators of China's future.
They are rivals, friends, enemies, companions, and rivalsIt is also a brother, an opponent, a teacher, an opponent, a student, an opponent, a partner, an opponent, an opponent, and an opponent......