Daniel Zhang

Daniel Zhang
Born	January 11, 1972
Nationality	People's Republic of China
Occupation	CEO
Employer	Alibaba Group
Predecessor	Jonathan Lu

Daniel Zhang (1972–present) (Chinese: 张勇; pinyin: Zhāng Yǒng) is the CEO of Alibaba Group. Before becoming the CEO, Zhang was best known for his roles as CEO of Taobao and president of Tmall.com (owned by Alibaba). While running Tmall, Zhang created the Singles' Day shopping holiday, an annual Chinese sales event with gross sales three times higher than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.

Zhang was born in Shanghai in 1972. He studied finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Zhang first joined Taobao (a Alibaba subsidiary) in 2007 as the Chief Financial Officer. The following year he became the Chief Operating Officer of Taobao. In 2011, Zhang was promoted to President of Tmall.com, a business-to-consumer shopping spinoff from Taobao. It was during his time running Tmall that Zhang launched the Single's Day shopping event.

In 2013, Zhang was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Alibaba Group, and eventually succeeded Jonathan Lu s the CEO in 2015.

Alibaba Employees pick nicknames for themselves when they first join the company. Daniel Zhang's nickname is "Free and Unfettered Person" (Chinese: 逍遥子; pinyin: Xiāoyáo Zi).

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