[3] After graduation, he worked for Barings Bank, just before its bankruptcy due to trader Nick Leeson.

[7] 1995–2002, he worked for one of the former "Big Five" accounting firms Arthur Andersen which collapsed due to the Enron scandal.

It was during his time running Tmall that Zhang launched the Singles' Day shopping event.

In 2013, Zhang was promoted to chief operating officer of Alibaba Group, and eventually succeeded Jonathan Lu as the CEO in 2015.

Daniel Zhang's nickname is "Free and Unfettered Person" (Chinese: 逍遥子; pinyin: Xiāoyáo Zi).