今天是教師節(jié)，阿里巴巴集團(tuán)創(chuàng)始人馬云發(fā)出題為“教師節(jié)快樂(lè)”的公開(kāi)信，宣布：一年后的阿里巴巴20周年之際，即2019年9月10日，他將不再擔(dān)任集團(tuán)董事局主席，屆時(shí)由現(xiàn)任集團(tuán)CEO張勇接任。
Jack Ma, the founder of China's largest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, will step down as chairman in exactly one year on Sept. 10, 2019, the company said.
中國(guó)最大的電子商務(wù)公司阿里巴巴集團(tuán)稱，集團(tuán)創(chuàng)始人馬云將在明年今日，即2019年9月10日卸任集團(tuán)董事局主席。
Current Alibaba Chief Executive Daniel Zhang will replace him as chairman, while Ma will complete his current term on Alibaba's board of directors following the company's annual general meeting of stockholders in 2020.
現(xiàn)任集團(tuán)CEO張勇將接任董事局主席。馬云將繼續(xù)擔(dān)任阿里巴巴集團(tuán)董事會(huì)成員，直至2020年阿里巴巴年度股東大會(huì)。
談及自己未來(lái)的發(fā)展，馬云在公開(kāi)信（open letter）中稱，他還有很多美好的夢(mèng)想，除了繼續(xù)擔(dān)任阿里巴巴合伙人和為合伙人組織機(jī)制做努力和貢獻(xiàn)外，還想回歸教育：
我想回歸教育，做我熱愛(ài)的事情會(huì)讓我無(wú)比興奮和幸福。
I also want to return to education, which excites me with so much blessing because this is what I love to do.
阿里巴巴在微博官方賬號(hào)上還貼出了馬云的新名片：
美國(guó)全國(guó)廣播公司財(cái)經(jīng)頻道（CNBC）將馬云的公開(kāi)信翻譯成了英文，我們一起來(lái)看看這封公開(kāi)信全文。
各位阿里巴巴的客戶、阿里人、阿里巴巴的股東們：
Dear Alibaba customers, Aliren, and shareholders,
今天是阿里巴巴19周年。我懷著激動(dòng)的心情向大家宣布：經(jīng)董事會(huì)批準(zhǔn)，一年后的今天，也就是2019年9月10日，阿里巴巴20周年，我將不再擔(dān)任阿里巴巴集團(tuán)董事局主席，現(xiàn)任阿里巴巴集團(tuán)CEO張勇（逍遙子）將接任董事局主席一職。我從今日起會(huì)全面配合張勇，為我們的組織過(guò)渡做好準(zhǔn)備。在2019年9月10日之后，我將繼續(xù)擔(dān)任阿里巴巴集團(tuán)董事會(huì)成員，直至2020年阿里巴巴年度股東大會(huì)。
Today, as we mark the 19th anniversary of Alibaba, I am excited to share some news with you: with the approval of our board of directors, one year from today on September 10, 2019 which also falls on Alibaba's 20th anniversary, Group CEO Daniel Zhang will succeed me as chairman of the board of Alibaba Group. While remaining as executive chairman in the next 12 months, I will work closely with Daniel to ensure a smooth and successful transition. Thereafter, I will stay on the Alibaba board of directors until our annual shareholders meeting in 2020.
這是我深思熟慮、認(rèn)真準(zhǔn)備了10年的計(jì)劃，今天得以實(shí)現(xiàn)，要感謝阿里巴巴合伙人的認(rèn)同，感謝阿里巴巴董事局的批準(zhǔn)，也要感謝所有阿里巴巴的同事們以及他們的家人，正因?yàn)檫^(guò)去19年大家對(duì)我的信任、支持和共同努力，讓我們有足夠的自信和能力迎接這一天。
I have put a lot of thought and preparation into this succession plan for ten years. I am delighted to announce the plan today thanks to the support of the Alibaba Partnership and our board of directors. I also want to offer special thanks to all Alibaba colleagues and your families, because your trust, support and our joint enterprise over the past 19 years have prepared us for this day with confidence and strength.
這標(biāo)志著阿里巴巴完成了從依靠個(gè)人特質(zhì)變成依靠組織機(jī)制、依靠人才文化的企業(yè)制度升級(jí)。
This transition demonstrates that Alibaba has stepped up to the next level of corporate governance from a company that relies on individuals, to one built on systems of organizational excellence and a culture of talent development.
1999年，和大家一起創(chuàng)辦阿里巴巴的時(shí)候，我們矢志建立一家讓中國(guó)和世界驕傲的公司，讓公司能夠持久發(fā)展102年。我們知道誰(shuí)都不可能陪伴公司102年，公司持久發(fā)展靠的是治理制度、文化體系和源源不斷的人才梯隊(duì)，公司不可能只靠幾個(gè)創(chuàng)始人，更何況我深知從能力、精力和體力的角度，任何人都不可能永遠(yuǎn)擔(dān)任公司的CEO和董事長(zhǎng)工作。
When Alibaba was founded in 1999, our goal was to build a company that could make China and the world proud and one that could last 102 years. However, we all knew that no one could stay with the company for 102 years. A sustainable Alibaba would have to be built on sound governance, culture-centric philosophy, and consistency in developing talent. No company can rely solely on its founders. Of all people, I should know that. Because of physical limits on one's ability and energy, no one can shoulder the responsibilities of chairman and CEO forever.
10年前我們就問(wèn)自己這個(gè)問(wèn)題，如何保證馬云離開(kāi)公司以后，阿里巴巴依然健康發(fā)展？我們相信只有建立一套制度，形成一套獨(dú)特的文化，培養(yǎng)和鍛煉出一大批人才的接班人體系，才能解開(kāi)企業(yè)傳承發(fā)展的難題。為此，這十年來(lái)，我們從未停止過(guò)努力和實(shí)踐。
We asked ourselves this question 10 years ago – how could Alibaba achieve sustainable growth after Jack Ma leaves the company? We believed the only way to solve the problem of corporate leadership succession was to develop a system of governance based on a unique culture and mechanisms for developing consistent talent and successors. For the last 10 years, we kept working on these ingredients.
我受的教育讓我成為一名教師，能夠走到今天我非常幸運(yùn)。為公司未來(lái)負(fù)責(zé)也為自己負(fù)責(zé)，應(yīng)該讓公司里更年輕、更有能力和才華的人來(lái)?yè)?dān)任領(lǐng)導(dǎo)工作，繼續(xù)傳承“讓天下沒(méi)有難做的生意”這個(gè)偉大的使命。
Having been trained as a teacher, I feel extremely proud of what I have achieved. Teachers always want their students to exceed them, so the responsible thing to do for me and the company to do is to let younger, more talented people take over in leadership roles so that they inherit our mission "to make it easy to do business anywhere."
我們幫助全世界的中小企業(yè)、年輕人、婦女發(fā)展的使命和愿景讓我們激動(dòng)不已，這是我們的初心，也是我們的福報(bào)和責(zé)任，真正相信并實(shí)現(xiàn)這樣的使命就需要更多馬云、數(shù)代阿里人去為之奮斗。
Carrying out this mission in order to help small businesses, young people and women around the world is my passion. This is not only our intent from day one but I feel blessed to have this opportunity. To realize the dream behind this mission requires participation by a lot more people than just Jack Ma and persistent effort by generations of Aliren.
今天的阿里巴巴最了不起的不是它的業(yè)務(wù)、規(guī)模和已經(jīng)取得的成績(jī)，最了不起的是我們已經(jīng)變成了一家真正使命愿景驅(qū)動(dòng)的企業(yè)。我們創(chuàng)建的新型合伙人機(jī)制，我們獨(dú)特的文化和良將如潮的人才梯隊(duì)，為公司傳承打下堅(jiān)實(shí)的制度基礎(chǔ)。事實(shí)上，自2013年我交棒CEO開(kāi)始，我們已經(jīng)靠這樣的機(jī)制順利運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)了5年。
Alibaba is amazing not because of our business or scale or accomplishments. The best thing about Alibaba is that we come together under a common mission and vision. Our partnership system, unique culture and talented team have laid a strong foundation for the legacy of our company. In fact, since I handed over the CEO's responsibilities in 2013, the company has run smoothly for five years on the back of these institutional ingredients.
我們創(chuàng)建的合伙人機(jī)制創(chuàng)造性地解決了規(guī)模公司的創(chuàng)新力問(wèn)題、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人傳承問(wèn)題、未來(lái)?yè)?dān)當(dāng)力問(wèn)題和文化傳承問(wèn)題。
The partnership system we developed is a creative solution to good governance and sustainability, as it overcomes several challenges faced by companies of scale: continuous innovation, leadership succession, accountability and cultural continuity.
這幾年來(lái)，我們不斷研究和完善我們的制度和人才文化體系，單純靠人或制度都不能解決問(wèn)題，只有制度和人、文化完美結(jié)合在一起，才能讓公司健康持久發(fā)展。
Over the years, in iterating our management model, we have experimented with and improved on the right balance between systems and individuals. Simply relying on individuals or blindly following a system will not solve our problems. To achieve long-term sustainable growth, you need the right balance among system, people and culture.
我深信，今天阿里巴巴合伙人制度和阿里巴巴所捍衛(wèi)的文化，假以時(shí)日，將會(huì)越來(lái)越贏得客戶、員工和股東的支持和擁護(hù)。
I have full confidence that our partnership system and efforts to safeguard our culture will in time win over the love and support from customers, employees and shareholders.
1999年創(chuàng)始之日起，我們就提出未來(lái)的阿里巴巴必須要有“良將如潮”的人才團(tuán)隊(duì)和迭代發(fā)展的接班人體系。經(jīng)過(guò)19年的努力，今天的阿里巴巴無(wú)論是人才的質(zhì)量和數(shù)量都堪稱世界一流。
Since the founding of the company in 1999, we have been of the view that Alibaba's future will need to depend on "droves of talent" to enable us to iterate on our management succession plans. After years of hard work, today's Alibaba has a world-class talent pool in quality and quantity.
作為教師出身的我，看到我們今天的團(tuán)隊(duì)、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)群體、以使命價(jià)值觀驅(qū)動(dòng)的獨(dú)特文化，以及不斷涌現(xiàn)出的一大批以張勇為代表的杰出商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖和專業(yè)人才，我深感自豪！
The teacher in me feels extremely proud of our team, our leadership and our unique mission-driven culture, as well as the fact that we continue to develop exceptional business leaders and professional talent like Daniel Zhang.
張勇加入阿里巴巴已經(jīng)十一年，自擔(dān)任阿里巴巴集團(tuán)CEO以來(lái)，展現(xiàn)出了卓越的商業(yè)才華和堅(jiān)定沉著的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力，連續(xù)13季度實(shí)現(xiàn)阿里巴巴業(yè)績(jī)健康持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。他具有超級(jí)計(jì)算機(jī)般的邏輯和思考能力，堅(jiān)信使命愿景，勇于擔(dān)當(dāng)，全情投入，敢于站在未來(lái)創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)新型商業(yè)模式和業(yè)態(tài)。他被評(píng)為中國(guó)2018年最佳CEO排名第一，這份榮譽(yù)當(dāng)之無(wú)愧！他和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)已經(jīng)贏得了客戶、員工和股東們的信任和支持。
Daniel has been with Alibaba Group for 11 years. Since he took over as CEO, he has demonstrated his superb talent, business acumen and determined leadership. Under his stewardship, Alibaba has seen consistent and sustainable growth for 13 consecutive quarters. His analytical mind is unparalleled, he holds dear our mission and vision, he embraces responsibility with passion, and he has the guts to innovate and test creative business models. Deservedly, China's business news media has named him the No.1 CEO in 2018. For these reasons, he and his team have won the trust and support of customers, employees and shareholders.
阿里巴巴的接力火炬交給他和他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的團(tuán)隊(duì)，我認(rèn)為這是我現(xiàn)在最應(yīng)該做的最正確決定。這幾年我和張勇的合作配合經(jīng)歷，讓我對(duì)他和他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的新一代阿里巴巴領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團(tuán)隊(duì)充滿信心！
Starting the process of passing the Alibaba torch to Daniel and his team is the right decision at the right time, because I know from working with them that they are ready, and I have complete confidence in our next generation of leaders.
關(guān)于我自己未來(lái)的發(fā)展，我還有很多美好的夢(mèng)想。大家知道我是閑不住的人，除了繼續(xù)擔(dān)任阿里巴巴合伙人和為合伙人組織機(jī)制做努力和貢獻(xiàn)外，我想回歸教育，做我熱愛(ài)的事情會(huì)讓我無(wú)比興奮和幸福。再說(shuō)了，世界那么大，趁我還年輕，很多事想試試，萬(wàn)一實(shí)現(xiàn)了呢？！
As for myself, I still have lots of dreams to pursue. Those who know me know that I do not like to sit idle. I plan on continuing my role as the founding partner in the Alibaba Partnership and contribute to the work of the partnership. I also want to return to education, which excites me with so much blessing because this is what I love to do. The world is big, and I am still young, so I want to try new things – because what if new dreams can be realized?!
我可以向大家承諾的是，阿里從來(lái)不只屬于馬云，但馬云會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)屬于阿里。
The one thing I can promise everyone is this: Alibaba was never about Jack Ma, but Jack Ma will forever belong to Alibaba.
馬云
Jack Ma
2018年9月10日
September 10, 2018
馬云退休的消息也引發(fā)外媒熱烈關(guān)注。
早在上周五，《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》就發(fā)了一篇文章稱馬云要退休。
《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》在文章中評(píng)價(jià)馬云稱，他改變了中國(guó)人的消費(fèi)和支付方式，在中國(guó)是如同財(cái)神爺一般的存在。
A former English teacher, Mr. Ma started Alibaba in 1999 and built it into one of the world’s most consequential e-commerce and digital payments companies, transforming how Chinese people shop and pay for things. That fueled his net worth to more than $40 billion, making him China's richest man. He is revered by many Chinese, some of whom have put his portrait in their homes to worship in the same way that they worship the God of Wealth.
1999年，曾經(jīng)的英語(yǔ)教師馬云創(chuàng)立了阿里巴巴，隨后他將這個(gè)名不見(jiàn)經(jīng)傳的小公司打造成了世界上最有影響力的電子商務(wù)及電子支付公司之一，這個(gè)公司也在改變著中國(guó)人的消費(fèi)與支付方式。他的網(wǎng)站市值超過(guò)了400億美金，他也因此成為了中國(guó)最有錢的人。在中國(guó)，很多人都崇拜他，他們把他的肖像如同財(cái)神爺般供在家里。
該文章也回顧了馬云的創(chuàng)業(yè)歷程。
馬云在成為如今的馬云之前，是一位普通的人民教師，9月10日既是他的生日，也是屬于他的節(jié)日。
1988年他從杭州師范學(xué)院外語(yǔ)系畢業(yè)，分配到杭州電子工業(yè)學(xué)院（現(xiàn)杭州電子科技大學(xué)），任英文及國(guó)際貿(mào)易講師。他在西湖邊上發(fā)起了第一個(gè)英語(yǔ)角，在杭州翻譯界也小有名氣。
1999年，他辭去公職，湊了50萬(wàn)元，領(lǐng)著18人組成的隊(duì)伍，在自己的宿舍里創(chuàng)立了阿里巴巴集團(tuán)。
《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》寫(xiě)道：
Alibaba started as an online marketplace for businesses to sell their products to other businesses. But it did not take off until it began the Taobao marketplace in 2003, which merchants used to sell goods directly to consumers.
近20年前，阿里巴巴還是一個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)交易平臺(tái)，貨物從一個(gè)商家賣到另一個(gè)商家的手里，直到2003年，淘寶誕生，商品從商家直接賣到了消費(fèi)者手中。淘寶的創(chuàng)立也使得這家公司嶄露頭角。
Alibaba later rolled out Alipay, an online payment service, to facilitate transactions in a country where few people had credit cards. Alipay later became Ant Financial, the financial subsidiary that Mr. Ma also controls.
隨后阿里巴巴又推出了網(wǎng)絡(luò)支付服務(wù)——支付寶，在信用卡使用率不高的中國(guó)，支付寶使得全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)的支付轉(zhuǎn)帳更為便利。支付寶隨后成為螞蟻金服，同樣是馬云控股的子公司。
如今，阿里巴巴已成為一個(gè)影響世界的商業(yè)帝國(guó)：
Today, Alibaba’s empire encompasses e-commerce, online banking, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment.
如今，阿里巴巴的商業(yè)帝國(guó)擁有眾多業(yè)務(wù)，包括電子商務(wù)、網(wǎng)上銀行、云計(jì)算、數(shù)字傳媒、娛樂(lè)等。
（來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)雙語(yǔ)新聞編輯部）
