When was Tencent founded?

Tencent was founded in 1998 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Tencent located?

Tencent is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It is registered at Palo Alto, California.

Who is the current CEO of Tencent?

Ma Huateng of Tencent. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Tencent have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Tencent is 89668.

Is Tencent a funded company?

Tencent is a funded company, having raised a total of $220K across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Unattributed round, raised on Apr 2000.

When was the latest funding round of Tencent?

Tencent's latest funding was a $***** Post IPO round on Sep 27, 2024, with participation from 0 investor.

Tencent - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Funding

Tencent is a public company based in Shenzhen (China), founded in 1998 by Ma Huateng, Yidan Chen, Xu Chenye, Charles Chen, Zeng Liqing and Tony Zhang Zhidong. It operates as a Chinese investment holding company. Tencent has raised $220K in funding from investors like PCCW, IDG Capital and Prosus.

Company Details

Tencent is one of China’s largest and most used Internet service portals. Since its establishment over the last decade, Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operating strategies. Presently, Tencent is providing value-added Internet, mobile and telecom services and online advertising. Tencent’s leading Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai and Tenpay – have brought together China’s largest Internet community to meet the various needs of Internet users including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others. Tencent remains committed to enhancing its development and innovation capabilities while strengthening its nationwide branding for its long term development. More than 60% of Tencent employees are R&D staff. Tencent has obtained patents relating to the technologies in various areas: instant messaging, e-commerce, online payment services, search engine, information security, gaming, and many more. In 2007, Tencent invested more than RMB100 million in setting up the Tencent Research Institute, China’s first Internet research institute, with campuses in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The institute focuses on the self-development of core Internet technologies, in pursuing its development and innovation for the industry. In September 2013, Tencent’s market valuation rose to $101 billion, larger than the total of the market value of Netease, Sina, Sohu, 360, Youku, Dangdan, Snda, Giant Network, Renren, and Ctrip combined. Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of 2.2 million dollars. Tencent was listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange on June 16, 2004. As of November 21, 2013, QQ has 2 billion active users and Wechat has 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million and 150 million, respectively. Tencent faces competition from Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $82.41B and a net profit of $27.26B.

Website: www.tencent.com
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Email ID: *****@tencent.com
Registered Address: Palo Alto, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

1998

Location

Shenzhen, China

Stage

Public

Total Funding

$220K in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Post IPO, Sep 27, 2024, $*****

Investors

PCCW & 23 more

Employee Count

89,668 as on Sep 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

T-Therapeutics & 996 more

Exit Details

Public

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Tencent is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
Tencent America Llc CIN: 711028222 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	648 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Tencent got listed on Jun 16, 2004.

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Tencent has raised a total funding of $220K over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 2000. Tencent has 24 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Tencent:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 27, 2024	1362836	Post IPO	6581915	9692242	9480583	8387594
Apr 03, 2019	3905511	Conventional Debt	5487238	5416016	5068244	1741197
Jun 26, 2018	3837209	Conventional Debt	1160883	5047442	7962839	Lippogroup & 1 more

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The founders of Tencent are Ma Huateng, Yidan Chen, Xu Chenye, Charles Chen, Zeng Liqing and Tony Zhang Zhidong. Ma Huateng is the CEO of Tencent.

Here are the details of Tencent's key team members:

Ma Huateng: Co-Founder & CEO of Tencent.
Yidan Chen: Co-Founder of Tencent.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Xu Chenye: Co-Founder of Tencent.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Charles Chen: Co-Founder of Tencent.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Zeng Liqing: Co-Founder of Tencent.

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Tencent's employee count trend

Tencent has 89,668 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Tencent's employee count trend over the years:

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Tencent has made 950 investments in companies including T-Therapeutics and DeepSeek. Tencent has also acquired 47 companies including Nexon Games and Kuro Games.

Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Nov 05, 2026	Investments	T-Therapeutics	2022	Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Oct 22, 2026	Investments	DeepSeek	2023	Hangzhou (China)
Oct 21, 2026	Investments	Today AI		-