Arianna Huffington, droite, co-fondateur et rédacteur en chef du Huffington Post, prend la parole lors de la Conférence mondiale sur les femmes et l'entrepreneuriat il
Arianna Huffington, right, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, speaks during the Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship held by Alibaba Group in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 20 May 2015. Alibaba Group Holding Limited held its inaugural Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship on May 20-21 in Hangzhou city, China at the Dragon Hotel. The goal of the conference is to spark dialogue and action on what can be done to encourage more women to pursue their professional and personal ambitions. The more than 500 attendees would include leaders and executives from the fields of politics, business, finance, technology, fashion and media ¨C women who are not only accomplished in their own right, but who are driving the conversation at their respective organizations as the influencers of current and future generations of women across China. Several Alibaba executives would give keynote speeches, including Jack Ma, Executive Chairman; Lucy Peng, Chief People Officer and Chief Executive Office of Ant Financial Services Group; and Maggie Wu, Chief Financial Officer. The topic of women and entrepreneurship is vital to Alibaba's core business. With its mission to make it easy to do business anywhere, Alibaba Group has enabled millions of women to become entrepreneurs in the fast-growing field of e-commerce, and today, more than 50% of all merchants on Taobao Marketplace are female.