Ma Huateng: The Chinese Entrepreneur and Internet Giant

LEADER: MA
HUATENG

INTRODUCTION: MA
HUATENGMa Huateng or Pony Ma is a Chinese
entrepreneur and internet giant
He’s a philanthropist, technological
entrepreneur, engineer and business giant of
China
He owns Tencent Holdings ranking among one of
the top businesses in the country
He was among the founders of Tencent in 1998
Tencent is famous for their popular messaging
app WeChat, which has more than 1 billion
customers
Ma Huateng has an engineering background and
uses it to his advantage in business
He is a bachelor of Arts/Science from the
Shenzhen University
As of now he is aged 47

“ you need to have extraordinary
wisdom to be a forerunner”
- Ma Huateng
“the leader in the market today may
not necessarily be the leader
tomorrow”
-Ma Huateng
Quotes

ACHIEVEMENTS
Tencent was
able to
acquire a
12% stake in
Snap, the
parent
company of
Snapchat
(Greeven &
Wei, 2017)
Ma Huateng
was Chinas
richest
person in
2018
He was
ranked 8th
among the
world richest
tech
entrepreneur
s in 2017
He’s net
worth is 42.4
billion US
Dollars (Lin
et al. 2015)
He was
named
among the
most
influential
people in the
world by
Forbes in
2015
Ma also holds
the role of a
deputy in the
Shenzhen
people’s
congress
Currently he
is the 14th
richest
person in the
world
Tencent
became the
largest
instant
messaging
service of
China by
2004