Tencent

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen
Native name	腾讯控股有限公司
Romanized name	Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Company type	Public
Traded as	SEHK: 700 OTC Pink: TCEHY Hang Seng Index component
ISIN	KYG875721634
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	11 November 1998; 26 years ago (1998-11-11)
Founders	Pony Ma Tony Zhang Xu Chenye Charles Chen Zeng Liqing
Headquarters	Tencent Binhai Mansion, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Key people	Pony Ma (chairman, CEO) Martin Lau (executive director, president)
Products	Artificial intelligence cloud computing automation search engine social networking instant messaging mass media web portals e-commerce web browser antivirus software music payment system film production video games online services
Revenue	CN¥554.552 billion (US$77.99 billion) (2022)[1]
Operating income	CN¥235.706 billion (US$33.15 billion) (2022)[1]
Net income	CN¥188.709 billion (US$26.54 billion) (2022)[1]
Total assets	CN¥1.578 trillion (US$221.94 billion) (2022)[1]
Total equity	CN¥782.860 billion (US$110.10 billion) (2022)[1]
Owners	Naspers (26.04%; since 2019 through Prosus)[2][3]
Number of employees	112,771 (2021)[1]
Divisions	Tencent Games Tencent Music Tencent Pictures
Subsidiaries	See § Foreign studio assets for game studios
ASN	132203
Website	tencent.com

Tencent
"Tencent" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	腾讯
Traditional Chinese	騰訊
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Téngxùn IPA [tʰə̌ŋ.ɕŷn] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Tàhng Seun Jyutping Tang4 Seon3
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
Simplified Chinese	腾讯控股有限公司
Traditional Chinese	騰訊控股有限公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Tang4 Seon3 Hung3 Gu2 Jau5 Haan6 Gung1 Si1

Tencent Holdings Ltd., also known as Tencent (腾讯), is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company. They are headquartered in Shenzhen. It is also the largest company in the gaming industry in the world based on its investments.^[4]

It was founded in 1998. It owns Riot Games and Tencent Music. It has over 600 investments,^[5] including 40% of Epic Games and 4% of Tesla. Tencent has also entered the Artificial Intelligence industry by releasing their AI solution called "Hunyuan" in 2023.^[6]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "2022 Annual Report" (PDF). Tencent.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
2. ↑ "prosus2021-annual-report2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. ↑ "TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (700)". 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
4. ↑ "Top Public Video Game Companies | By Revenue". Newzoo. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. ↑ "Tencent grows profits with aggressive investment strategy". South China Morning Post. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
6. ↑ "China and Tencent release their Hunyuan AI Solution and Claim it is Comparable to ChatGPT". Cortex Report. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.