Jack Ma's absence from public view for two months fuels speculation about whereabouts

Jack Ma's absence from public view for two months fuels speculation about whereabouts

Jack Ma. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Alibaba founder Jack Ma‘s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which he was to appear as a judge, has fueled social media speculation over his whereabouts amid a Chinese regulatory clampdown on his sprawling business empire.