Eddie Wu 吴泳铭
Director and CEO, Alibaba Group
Eddie Yongming Wu is Alibaba Group’s CEO and a director, having taken the role in September 2023. An Alibaba co-founder, he began as technology director in 1999 and later held leadership roles at Alipay, Taobao and the group’s search, advertising and mobile businesses. His AI strategy connects Alibaba’s cloud infrastructure and model development with its wider businesses, as outlined in his 2026 Apsara keynote.
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Eddie Yongming Wu is Alibaba Group’s CEO and a director, having taken the role in September 2023. An Alibaba co-founder, he began as technology director in 1999 and later held leadership roles at Alipay, Taobao and the group’s search, advertising and mobile businesses. His AI strategy connects Alibaba’s cloud infrastructure and model development with its wider businesses, as outlined in his 2026 Apsara keynote.
- Organization
- Alibaba Group
- Chinese name
- 吴泳铭
- CEO since
- September 2023
- Education
- Zhejiang University of Technology, 1996
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Presents Alibaba’s full-stack AI roadmap
Wu delivered Alibaba’s 2026 Apsara keynote as group CEO, outlining plans for models, infrastructure and applications. His statements about future machine intelligence are strategic expectations.
Source: Eddie Wu: 2026 Apsara keynote transcript ↗Details AI and cloud investment priorities
Speaking after quarterly earnings, Wu described Alibaba’s user-first, AI-driven strategy and plans to increase AI investment, linking model development with cloud demand and core businesses.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu on AI investments and strategy ↗Becomes Alibaba Group CEO and director
Wu became Alibaba Group’s CEO and a director in September 2023, bringing a founding engineer into the company’s top operating role.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗Founds Vision Plus Capital
Wu founded Vision Plus Capital in August 2015, a venture firm focused on advanced technologies, enterprise services and digital healthcare investments.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗Leads search, advertising and mobile businesses
Wu became head of Alibaba Group’s search, advertising and mobile businesses in October 2011, following earlier technical and commercial leadership roles.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗Becomes Taobao CTO
Wu became Taobao’s chief technology officer in September 2008, extending a technical leadership career that had included Alibaba’s platform and Alipay.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗Becomes Alipay CTO
Wu became Alipay’s chief technology officer in December 2004, according to Alibaba’s biography, before moving into advertising and commerce technology roles.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗Co-founds Alibaba and serves as technology director
Wu co-founded Alibaba and served as its technology director at the company’s 1999 inception, beginning a long career within the group.
Source: Alibaba: Eddie Wu leadership biography ↗
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