Odd title. I don't see anywhere in this article where Jack Ma is actually quoted as saying this. The closest I found was towards the bottom of the article. And

Odd title. I don't see anywhere in this article where Jack Ma is actually quoted as saying this. The closest I found was towards the bottom of the article. And since this article covers two different people, it's not clear who this statement should be attributed to. Or maybe the statements are from the author of the article. "When you have not accomplished anything by the time you are 35, no one will pity you." This quote could have a much different meaning than the title. This seems to be a fluffy article stuffed with motivational statements from the author with some short biographies thrown in. It was originally written in Chinese and translated into English. Maybe it didn't carry the message as well in English.