Former Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang steps down as head of cloud unit amid leadership reshuffling
- Zhang resigned as head of Alibaba's cloud computing unit in a surprise move.
- The departure comes as Alibaba undergoes a historic overhaul and faces regulatory pressure.
- Eddie Yongming Wu has taken over as CEO of the cloud business.
- Alibaba plans to invest $1 billion in a technology fund established by Zhang.
- The company aims to spin off and publicly list its cloud unit within 12 months.