Jack Ma appears at US-Canada-Mexico World Cup final | Lisa Su, Robin Li, Cheng Wei, Lip-Bu Tan, Jerry Yang all in the stands
TL;DR
Alibaba founder Jack Ma was spotted at the 2026 World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Also present: AMD's Lisa Su, Baidu's Robin Li, DiDi's Cheng Wei, Intel's Lip-Bu Tan, TCL's Li Dongsheng, Midea's Fang Hongbo, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing — a rare density of Chinese-heritage tech giants at one event.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma was spotted at the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup final. Netizens photographed him at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, dressed casually and chatting with friends in the stands. Lenovo chairman Yang Yuanqing was in the same section. Lianhe Zaobao reported on July 21.
Ma had previously been spotted at a casual restaurant in New York. It's his most public appearance in the Western world since 2023.
The Chinese-heritage guest list at the same match is long and dense: AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su, Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li, DiDi founder and CEO Cheng Wei, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, TCL founder and chairman Li Dongsheng, Midea chairman and president Fang Hongbo, and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.
A single soccer final gathered the top of the Chinese-heritage semiconductor circle (Lisa Su, Lip-Bu Tan), the giants of the Chinese internet (Ma, Li, Cheng), and the peak of home-appliance manufacturing (Li Dongsheng, Fang Hongbo) — a density usually only seen at Sun Valley or Davos.
Ma's trip is being read as a signal to Beijing that he's "back to normal business travel." No interviews, no official group photos, no entrepreneur forum at the final — just soccer.
via Lianhe Zaobao
Ma had previously been spotted at a casual restaurant in New York. It's his most public appearance in the Western world since 2023.
The Chinese-heritage guest list at the same match is long and dense: AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su, Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li, DiDi founder and CEO Cheng Wei, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, TCL founder and chairman Li Dongsheng, Midea chairman and president Fang Hongbo, and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.
A single soccer final gathered the top of the Chinese-heritage semiconductor circle (Lisa Su, Lip-Bu Tan), the giants of the Chinese internet (Ma, Li, Cheng), and the peak of home-appliance manufacturing (Li Dongsheng, Fang Hongbo) — a density usually only seen at Sun Valley or Davos.
Ma's trip is being read as a signal to Beijing that he's "back to normal business travel." No interviews, no official group photos, no entrepreneur forum at the final — just soccer.
via Lianhe Zaobao
