Tencent

Summary

Tencent is a conglomerate^[1]. Tencent ranks in the top 6% of conglomerate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,041 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tencent was a member of Linux Foundation^[3].
• Tencent was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[4].
• Tencent is in the country of People's Republic of China^[5].
• Tencent's instance of is recorded as conglomerate^[6].
• Tencent's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Tencent's founder is recorded as Ma Huateng^[8].
• Tencent's founder is recorded as Zhang Zhidong^[9].
• Tencent's founder is recorded as Chen Yidan^[10].
• Tencent's founder is recorded as Daniel Xu^[11].
• Tencent's founder is recorded as Zeng Liqing^[12].
• Tencent is owned by Ma Huateng^[13].
• Tencent is owned by Myriad International Holdings^[14].
• Tencent is owned by JPMorgan Chase^[15].
• Tencent is owned by Naspers^[16].
• Tencent's headquarters location is recorded as Maling^[17].
• Tencent's headquarters location is recorded as Grand Cayman^[18].
• Tencent's chief executive officer is recorded as Ma Huateng^[19].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Riot Games^[20].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Tencent Games^[21].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as sanook.com^[22].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as China Literature Limited^[23].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Tencent Penguin Pictures^[24].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Supercell^[25].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Grinding Gear Games^[26].
• Tencent's child organization or unit is recorded as Cloudary Corporation^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Ma Huateng^[8], Zhang Zhidong^[9], Chen Yidan^[10], Daniel Xu^[11], and Zeng Liqing^[12]. November 12, 1998 marks the founding of Tencent^[28].

Leadership

Tencent's chief executive officer is recorded as Ma Huateng^[19].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Maling^[17] and Grand Cayman^[18], an island^[29], in United Kingdom^[30]. Subsidiaries include Riot Games^[20], a video game developer^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 2006^[33], headquartered in West Los Angeles^[34]; Tencent Games^[21], a business^[35], in People's Republic of China^[36], founded in 2003^[37], headquartered in Shenzhen^[38]; sanook.com^[22], a website^[39], in Thailand^[40], headquartered in Bangkok^[41]; China Literature Limited^[23], a company^[42], in People's Republic of China^[43], founded in 2015^[44], headquartered in Pudong^[45]; Tencent Penguin Pictures^[24], a television production company^[46], in People's Republic of China^[47]; and Supercell^[25], a business^[48], in Finland^[49], founded in 2010^[50], headquartered in Helsinki^[51].

Industry

Industries include video game industry^[52] and information technology^[53].

Ownership

Owners include Ma Huateng^[13], an entrepreneur^[54], b. 1971^[55], of People's Republic of China^[56], awarded the Pioneer of Reform^[57]; Myriad International Holdings^[14]; JPMorgan Chase^[15], a business^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 1968^[60], headquartered in New York City^[61]; and Naspers^[16], a business^[62], in South Africa^[63], founded in 1915^[64], headquartered in Cape Town^[65]. Tencent's stock exchange is recorded as Hong Kong Stock Exchange^[66]. Products include Tencent QQ^[67], Qzone^[68], Soso^[69], Tencent Weibo^[70], QQ Games^[71], and WeGame^[72].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Tencent include Tencent Video^[73], a video streaming service^[74], in People's Republic of China^[75], founded in 2011^[76], headquartered in Shenzhen^[77].

Why It Matters

Tencent ranks in the top 6% of conglomerate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,041 views/month).^[2] Tencent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[78] Tencent is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[79]

Entities named for Tencent include Tencent Video^[73], a video streaming service^[74], in People's Republic of China^[75], founded in 2011^[76], headquartered in Shenzhen^[77].