Wikipedia (en)
Tencent Holdings Limited (Chinese: 腾讯控股有限公司; pinyin: Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī; literally: "Soaring information"; SEHK: 700) is a Chinese investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, payment systems, smartphones, internet-related services, value-added services and online advertising services in China, and globally. Its twin-towers headquarters (known as Tencent Seafront Towers) are based in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, and has received several awards for its architecture.
Tencent is one of the biggest investment corporations, one of the largest Internet companies, as well as the largest, best-performing and most valuable gaming company in the world. Its many services include social network, web portals, e-commerce, mobile games, smartphones, and multiplayer online games, which are all among the world's biggest and most successful in their respective categories. Offerings in China include the well-known instant messenger Tencent QQ and one of the largest web portals, QQ.com. Its indigenous and creative mobile chat service, WeChat, has helped bolster Tencent's continued expansion into smartphone services. It also owns majority of China's music services (Tencent Music), with more than 600 million active users, the world's largest and most profitable.
Tencent has been credited as one of the world's most innovative companies by numerous media and firms, such as Boston Consulting Group, rising rapidly in its Innovative Rankings. It is one of the top 10 most valuable and biggest companies in the world, with surging stocks, revenue, net profit and active users in recent years.
Tencent controls hundreds of subsidiaries and associates in numerous industries and areas, creating a broad portfolio of ownerships and investment across a wide diversity of companies. It is one of the most active investment corporations in the world, with recent focus on start-ups within Asia’s burgeoning tech scene.
As of November 2017, the company has a market cap of US$476.64 billion (HK$3.71 trillion).
The company employs more than 7000 active Communist Party members, 60 percent of which in leading technical positions throughout the firm, accounting for roughly 23 percent of its total work force.
