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title: "Tencent: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Tencent is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent
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wikidata: Q860580
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent
website: https://www.tencent.com/
source: AI News Monitor
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license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Tencent

> Tencent is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: People's Republic of China
- Founded: 1998-11-12
- Headquarters: Grand Cayman
- Status: public
- Website: https://www.tencent.com/
- Employees: 62,885 (as of 2019-12-31)
- Also known as: AdvanceDataServices Limited, Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited, Tencent Group, Tencent Holdings, Tencent Holdings Limited, Tencent Holdings Ltd., Tengxun, Téngxùn, Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, Teng Xun, Teng Xun (firma)
- Industries: information technology, video game industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/tencentglobal
- github: https://github.com/tencent
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TencentGlobal
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tencentgames

## Key people

- Zhang Zhidong, founder (Chinese businessman)
- Ma Huateng, founder (Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-))
- Zeng Liqing, founder (Chinese businessman)
- Daniel Xu, founder (Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer, Tencent)
- Chen Yidan, founder (Founder, Chen Yidan Charity Foundation)
- Ma Huateng, chief executive (Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)), since 1998-01-01
- Zhang Xiaolong (Chinese computer programmer, known for creating WeChat and Foxmail)

## Revenue

- 2013-01-01: CNY 6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2014-01-01: CNY 7.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2015-01-01: CNY 10.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-01-01: CNY 15.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2017-01-01: CNY 23.8 billion (Wikidata)
- 2018-01-01: CNY 312.7 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [Universal Music Group](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-universal-music-group.md), [Riot Games](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-riot-games.md), [Supercell](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-supercell.md), [Garena](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-garena.md), [Grinding Gear Games](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-grinding-gear-games.md), [Sogou](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-sogou.md), sanook.com, [Cloudary Corporation](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-cloudary-corporation.md), Wang Yu Youxi, [Wangyuan Shengtang](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wangyuan-shengtang.md), [Tenpay](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tenpay.md), [WeBank](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-webank.md), [Tencent Boston](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent-boston.md), [Timi Studio](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-timi-studio.md), [Wolong Studios](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wolong-studios.md), [Wucai Shi Gongzuo Shi](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-wucai-shi-gongzuo-shi.md), [Quantum Studios](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-quantum-studios.md), [Jade Studio](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-jade-studio.md), [MoreFun Studio Group](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-morefun-studio-group.md), [Beiji Guang Gongzuo Shi](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-beiji-guang-gongzuo-shi.md), [Tencent Games](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent-games.md), [China Literature Limited](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-china-literature-limited.md), [Tencent Penguin Pictures](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent-penguin-pictures.md), [Bluehole](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-bluehole.md)

## Products

- Tencent QQ
- Qzone
- Soso
- Tencent Weibo
- QQ Games
- WeGame
- Tencent Maps
- Pengyou
- QQ.com

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Tencent, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-tencent#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860580, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent

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