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Alibaba's Jack Ma calls 12-hour days a 'blessing,' argues for 72-hour work week If you’re looking for that cushy 40 hour a week office job, you most likely won’t find in China’s tech scene, especially at e-commerce giant Alibaba. On Sunday, billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba Jack Ma defended his stance on China’s controversial work culture dubbed ‘996,’ which refers to working from 9am to 9pm six days a week. “I personally think that 996 is a huge blessing,” Ma wrote in a blog post Sunday on Chinese social media site Weibo. “How do you achieve the success you want without paying extra effort and time?” Ma, who recently stepped down as chairman at Alibaba and is worth an estimated $39 billion, according to Forbes, added that working those long hours is easy when you find something that you like and he has never regretted working 12 hour days when building his behemoth company. “If you don’t like [your work], every minute is torture,” he added. He