Portrait of Ma Huateng

Rank #42

Ma Huateng

Net worth $45.4B

Online games · China

Born
Oct 29, 1971
Age
54
Source
Online games
Residence
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Citizenship
China
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Shenzhen University

Net worth over time

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.

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