Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built visits the near two decade rise of Jack Ma, the ultimate entrepreneur. He founded Alibaba, arguably the most powerful e-commerce marketplace on the globe. The company’s strategy has been called “The Iron Triangle,” a now closely studied approach to marketing entailing finance, logistics, and e-commerce. Author Duncan Clark doesn’t just tell Ma’s story. He looks at challenges of trying to grow in a society that suppresses, it touches on the rise of competitors like Tencent and, at its core, Clark’s book unveils how Ma's triumph transformed a society that frowns on independence.