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China, US, Technology and Globalization: Learnings from Alibaba
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Thu, Apr 27, 2023
4:30 PM – 6 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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Louis A. Simpson International Building, A71
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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Evans has served as vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; chairman of Asia operations at Goldman Sachs; and global head of Growth Markets at Goldman Sachs. He also co-chaired the business standards committee of Goldman Sachs. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1993, became a partner of the firm in 1994 and held various leadership positions within the firm's securities business while based in New York and London.
Evans is a board member of City Harvest. He is also a trustee of the Asia Society and a member of the Advisory Council for the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton. He also sits on the boards of Barrick Gold Corporation and Farfetch Limited (as a non-executive director).
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Louis A. Simpson International Building, A71
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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MIchael Evans
President
Alibaba Group
John Michael Evans '81 is a Canadian technology executive and the President of Alibaba Group. He previously spent 20 years working for U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs and is a former Olympic rower.
In 2015, Evans was appointed President of Alibaba Group, where he leads Alibaba Group’s international growth strategy outside of China and reports to CEO Daniel Zhang. Evans has served on the board of Alibaba Group since its September 2014 IPO, and has known Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma since 1999 when Ma first approached Goldman Sachs regarding an early investment in the company. Evans was named as one of the National Retail Federation’s Power Players in 2019 for his work at Alibaba Group. In addition, Evans is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Barrick Gold Corporation and several not-for-profit organizations.He is also a trustee of the Asia Society and a member of the Advisory Council for the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University.
Before Alibaba Group, Evans was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and spent 19 years as a Partner after joining the firm in 1993. In the high-profile IPO, Goldman was one of six lead underwriters with Mark Schwartz, chairman of Goldman Asia Pacific, named as lead banker for Goldman in a lead-up New York Times report.
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Co-hosted with: Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies, Center on Contemporary China (OWNER)