Ma vs Cohen

Alibaba Group and Point72.

The differences

Forbes puts Steve Cohen about $0.6B ahead of Jack Ma.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Steve Cohen is about 8 years older than Jack Ma.
Jack Ma is from China; Steve Cohen is from United States.
Jack Ma has held a public or government advisory role; Steve Cohen has none on record.

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Cohen

Net worth, Forbes: $26.1BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $26.7BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $42BBloomberg, 10 Oct 2026; $22.2BBloomberg, 11 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 91Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 90Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2004Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: the 2004 World's Richest People; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Co-founded itAlibaba was founded in 1999 by 18 people led by Jack Ma; Ant Group grew out of Alipay, set up in 2004; Founded itFounded S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992 and converted it into the Point72 family office in 2014
Main source: Alibaba and Ant Group shares, dividends and share salesBloomberg: most of his wealth is accumulated cash from dividends and share sales of Alibaba and Ant Group; His holdings in Point72's hedge fundsBloomberg: about $16.6 billion of Point72's $50.7 billion in assets (April 2026) belongs to him; he also owns 95% of the New York Mets
Companies: Alibaba Group, Ant GroupAlibaba Group: Partner in the Alibaba Partnership and partnership-committee continuity member; Ant Group: Founder; no management role; Point72Point72: Founder, chairman, CEO and co-chief investment officer
Biggest stake: Ant Group9.9% owned; Point72Stake not stated

Born: 10 Sep 1964Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; 1956Great Neck, New York, United States
Country: ChinaLives in Hangzhou, China; United States
Education: Bachelor's degreeBA in English, Hangzhou Teachers College (1988); Bachelor's degreeBS in economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
Parents: His parents were traditional Chinese musician-storytellers in Hangzhou; Father was a garment manufacturer and mother a piano teacher; the third of eight children

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Jack Ma FoundationFounded 15 December 2014; Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
Lifetime giving: $0.3BForbes, 2 Dec 2019. Forbes, citing Alibaba: the Jack Ma Foundation had 'distributed or pledged at least $300 million' since its founding; paid and pledged combined; $1.5BSteven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, 17 Oct 2026. The foundation says it has given over $1.5 billion to US public charities since 2001; Forbes says he has given more than $1 billion over his lifetime

Role now: Founder, no executive rolePartner in the Alibaba Partnership; Runs the companyChairman, CEO and co-CIO of Point72; chairman and CEO of the New York Mets
Successor: Daniel Zhang succeeded him as Alibaba chairman on 10 September 2019; Not stated
Public office: Member, UK Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group; Special Adviser for Youth Entrepreneurship and Small Business, UNCTAD2015; 2016; None found
Legal record: None found; 2016: US SECSettled SEC charges that he failed reasonably to supervise a portfolio manager who engaged in insider trading, agreeing to a bar on supervising funds that manage outside money until 2018 and to SEC examinations of his family office; he neither admitted nor denied the finding.