Alibaba's personnel changes in May: CTO Eric Wu joins the Partner Committee
In May, Alibaba experienced two major personnel changes: Group CTO Eric Wu entered the Alibaba Partnership Committee, becoming the fifth member of the committee, which is Alibaba's highest decision-making body; Hema CEO Yan Xiaolei's reporting line was adjusted from Eric Wu to report directly to Jiang Fan, who oversees Alibaba's entire commercial sector, which refers to all business related to goods. It is understood that on April 8, Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu issued an internal letter announcing adjustments to AI-related organizations. Among them, former Taobao Flash Sale CEO Eric Wu was appointed as Alibaba Group CTO, fully responsible for the group's business technology platform and AI reasoning platform construction, and served as the convener of the newly established Alibaba Group Technology Committee. The CEO position of Taobao Flash Sale was taken over by Lei Yanqun. Public information shows that Eric Wu joined Taobao in 2004 and is one of the core figures in Alibaba's technology system. He previously served as CTO of Alibaba Cloud and was promoted to Group CTO in 2025 while also taking over Taobao Flash Sale. During his tenure as CEO, he promoted the deep integration of technology and business, especially making significant layouts in AI-enabled instant retail
According to Zhitong Finance APP, Alibaba (09988) experienced two major personnel changes in May: Group CTO Eric Wu entered the Alibaba Partnership Committee, becoming the fifth member of the committee, which is Alibaba's highest decision-making body; Hema CEO Yan Xiaolei's reporting line was adjusted from Eric Wu to report directly to Jiang Fan, who oversees Alibaba's entire commercial sector, which refers to all business related to goods.
It is understood that on April 8, Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu issued an internal letter announcing organizational adjustments related to AI. Among them, former Taobao Flash Purchase CEO Eric Wu was appointed as Alibaba Group CTO, fully responsible for the group's business technology platform and AI inference platform construction, and served as the convener of the newly established Alibaba Group Technology Committee. The position of Taobao Flash Purchase CEO was taken over by Lei Yanqun.
Public information shows that Eric Wu joined Taobao in 2004 and is one of the core figures in Alibaba's technology system. He previously served as Alibaba Cloud CTO and was promoted to Group CTO in 2025 while also taking over Taobao Flash Purchase. During his tenure as CEO, he promoted the deep integration of technology and business, especially making significant layouts in AI-enabled instant retail
