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Tencent Holdings Limited

Tencent Holdings Limited
Native name
腾讯控股有限公司
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 IncreaseCN¥102.863 billion (2015)
Increase CN¥40.627 billion (2015)
Increase CN¥29.108 billion (2015)
Total assets Increase CN¥306.818 billion (2015)
Total equity Increase 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
Simplified Chinese 腾讯控股有限公司
Traditional Chinese 騰訊控股有限公司

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.


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