"The appointment of Daniel to focus on running cloud is really a show of confidence and trust in him to take the most precious business and run with it to develop it in the right way given this age of generative AI. The idea or expectation that one person could manage the businesses crown jewel Cloud and at the same time manage the entire Alibaba Group is an unreasonable expectation."
"This is really a vote of trust and confidence in his ability as an operator ... but at the same time helping him to free up his time and resources by separating the two CEO roles."
-- BRIAN WONG, A FORMER ALIBABA EMPLOYEE AND AUTHOR OF "THE TAO OF ALIBABA"
