Ma Huateng
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Ma Huateng

China 54 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Online games
Industry
Technology
Residence
Shenzhen
Education
Shenzhen University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married

Assets

  • C-MER Eye Care Holdings
    0 shares @ -
    -
    3309-HK
  • JD.com Inc.
    33,802,000 shares @ -
    -
    JD-US
  • Meituan Dianping
    71,000,000 shares @ -
    -
    3690-HK
  • Tencent
    709,860,000 shares @ -
    -
    700-HK

Biography

Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is the chairman and CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings.

Tencent's popular social messaging app WeChat has over 1.4 billion monthly users.

Known at home for mobile games such as battle game Honor of Kings, Tencent is also one of the largest videogame publishers globally and has acquired a stake in U.S. videogame company Epic Games.

It has also invested in electric car maker Tesla and music-streaming service Spotify, which in turn has a stake in its Tencent Music.

Ma led research and development of internet paging system at China Motion Telecom Development before starting Tencent in 1998.