Management Team
David Wei
Chief Executive Officer
David Wei is the chief executive officer of Alibaba.com. He joined Alibaba Group in November 2006 as the president of the B2B business division and as an executive vice-president of Alibaba Group.
David was the president, from 2002 to 2006, and chief financial officer, from 2000 to 2002, of B&Q China, a subsidiary of Kingfisher Plc, a leading home improvement retailer in Europe and Asia. Under David's leadership, B&Q China grew to become China's largest home improvement retailer. From 2003 to 2006, he was also the chief representative for Kingfisher's China sourcing office, Kingfisher Asia Ltd.
David served as the managing director and head of Investment Banking for Orient Securities Co. from 1998 to 2000, and as a corporate finance manager at Coopers & Lybrand, now part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, from 1995 to 1998. David holds non-executive directorship positions in HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited and the China Advisory Board of IMI plc, a FTSE 250 company.
David holds a bachelor degree in International Business Management from Shanghai International Studies University.