Episode 9 - Alibaba, Jack MA, Ant Financial Guest panel Herb Greenberg and Paul Gillis

In this episode the pack travels back to China in search of Jack
Ma. We bring back  China accounting expert Professor Paul
Gillis and new to the pack, Herb Greenberg.  We dive into
the reasons why, and not for the first time, Jack Ma has been
removed from the public.   We also get an in-depth look
at how Alibaba became the giant it is and was able to crush its
competitors in China.  Paul and Herb share some of the
details from the IPO, red flags that created the ongoing SEC
investigation and the problems that Jack may have created with
Ant Financial.  


Enjoy this discussion from our panel of some of the worlds best
in finance.  


2:22 What the hell is going on with Jack Ma

5:32 History of the Tech in China and Alibaba

8:20 China starts to Evolve and attempts to reign in some of
the bigger companies 

10:16 Jack Ma gets his first billion and destroys EBAY

14:50 IPO's VIE's and are they really worth the paper they
are printed on

18:30 Alibaba has some issues with their accounting and even
MIT cant figure it out

28:00 The Ant Financial IPO

35:16 Trump now Biden and China what will happen

40:00 China, future frauds and will the SEC be a toothless
tiger