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Ma Huateng
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pony Ma, Mǎ Huàténg, Pony Ma Huateng, Huateng Ma
Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1971-10-29 ) October 29, 1971 (age 54) , Shantou , Guangdong, China
- Other name
- Ma Huateng
- Education
- Shenzhen University ( BS )
- Occupations
- Businessman investor philanthropist engineer
- Known for
- Co-founder of Tencent
- Title
- Chairperson of Tencent
- Simplified chinese
- 马化腾
- Traditional chinese
- 馬化騰
- Hanyu pinyin
- Mǎ Huàténg
- Wade giles
- Ma Hua-t'eng
- Jyutping
- Maa5 Faa3-tang4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ma
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Chaozhou
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Educated at
- Shenzhen Middle School
- Employer
- Tencent
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Award
- Time 100
- Image
- 马化腾 Pony Ma 2019.jpg
- Residence
- Shenzhen
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- date of birth
- 1971-10-29
- ancestral home
- Shantou
- net worth
- 38800000000
- P10632
- Ma Huateng
- Commons category
- Ma Huateng
- described at URL
- www.tatlerasia.com/people/pony-ma
- affiliation string
- Tencent
- affiliation
- Tencent
- name in native language
- 马化腾
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Encyclopedic overview
Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, (Chinese: 马化腾; pinyin: Mǎ Huàténg, born October 29, 1971) is a Chinese businessman. He is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tencent, a Shenzhen-based conglomerate in technology, gaming, entertainment, and financial services. In 2007, 2014, and 2018, Time magazine named him one of the world's most influential people, while in 2015, Forbes credited him as one of the world's most powerful people. In 2017, Fortune ranked him as among the top businessmen of the year. Ma was a deputy to the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress and a delegate in the 12th National People's Congress. As of November 2025, Ma has a net worth of US$63 billion according to Forbes.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ma Huateng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.