https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-is-a-communist-party-member-china-state-media.html

Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and China's best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public assumption the billionaire was politically unattached.

The People's Daily revealed Ma's Party membership in a list of 100 people it said had helped drive the country "reform and opening up" process. Ma is China's richest man with a fortune of $35.8 billion, according to Forbes.