Ma Huateng
Shenzhen, China
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Shenzhen University
China
Tencent Holdings
internet media, Self Made
$41,700,000,000
20
#20 Billionaires 2019
#2 China Rich List 2018
Ma Huateng (also known as Pony Ma) chairs Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings, which ranks among the nation's largest businesses by market cap.Tencent's popular social messaging app WeChat has more than 1 billion users.The group listed its music-streaming subsidiary, Tencent Music, on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2018.In contrast to his outgoing rival at Alibaba, Ma has a low-profile style that befits his engineering background.Ma cofounded Tencent in 1998.
Tencent has minority stakes in electric car maker Tesla, music-streaming service Spotify, and Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc.Tencent is one of the largest videogame publishers in the world.
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