Chinese billionaire Jack Ma tweeted for the first time ever to say he's started shipping 1 million masks and 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to the US
Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma. Ruben Sprich/Reuters Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma announced on Friday his charitable foundation would donate 500 million coronavirus testing kits and 1 million face masks to the US. Ma joined Twitter this month, and sent his first tweet on Saturday to say the first shipment of aid supplies was on its way from Shanghai. Ma previously pledged $14.5 million towards the development of a vaccine against the virus. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . China's richest man appears to be following through on his promise to donate materials to the US to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma pledged on Friday to donate 500 million virus testing kits and 1 million face masks to the US. Ma tweeted Sunday to say the first shipment of masks and kits was ready to fly out of Shanghai. It's the first time the billionaire has ever posted to Twitter. His announcement did not specify ...