Tencent

Tencent Holdings Limited

Native name	腾讯控股有限公司
Type	Public
Traded as	: 700
Industry	Internet
Founded	November 11, 1998; 18 years ago (1998-11-11)
Founder	Ma Huateng Zhang Zhidong Xu Chenye Chen Yidan Zeng Liqing
Number of locations	Shenzhen, China (general office) Cayman Islands (registered office)
Area served	Worldwide (mainly Greater China)
Key people	Ma Huateng (Core Founder, Chairman & CEO) Martin Lau (President)
Products	Social networks, instant messaging, mass media, web portals, e-commerce, web browser, Antivirus software and multiplayer online games
Services	Online services
Revenue	CN¥102.863 billion (2015)
Operating income	CN¥40.627 billion (2015)
Net income	CN¥29.108 billion (2015)
Total assets	CN¥306.818 billion (2015)
Total equity	CN¥122.100 billion (2015)
Number of employees	31,557 (Oct 2016)
Subsidiaries	Riot Games Epic Games (48.4%) Supercell (84.3%)
Website	tencent.com

Tencent Holdings Limited (Chinese: 控股有限公司; pinyin: Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī; literally: "Soaring information"; : 700) is a Chinese investment holding company whose subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, internet and mobile phone value-added services and operate online advertising services in China. Its headquarters are in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.

Tencent is one of the largest Internet companies in the world, many services of whose include social network, web portals, e-commerce, and multiplayer online games. Its offerings in China include the well-known instant messenger Tencent QQ and one of the largest web portals, QQ.com. Mobile chat service WeChat has helped bolster Tencent's continued expansion into smartphone services. Tencent holds 15% stake of JD.com, one of the largest B2C online retailers in China.

In April 13, 2015, the market value of Tencent exceeded US$200 billion for the first time, hitting US$206 billion. On September 8, 2015, Tencent became the largest Internet company in Asia by value after Alibaba Group Holding Limited suffered a major drop ($141 billion over 10 months) in its share value.