5 Richest People In Canada

2.  Joseph Tsai

    Net Worth: $12.6 billion

Joseph Tsai, a naturalized Canadian citizen, is the co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the Alibaba Group. When Tsai met Jack Ma, he was working as an executive at Investor AB. He left his high-paying job to join Ma’s Alibaba. Joseph Tsai is one of the founding members of Alibaba group, and was instrumental in providing software and managing the company.

Today, Alibaba is the leading e-commerce company in China. The current market capitalization of Alibaba is $688 billion

It has over 1 billion users, and over 100,000 employees globally. Joseph Tsai is currently the vice-chairman of the company.