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Peter Cowan · · 6 min read
Tencent’s Pony Ma now China’s richest
Tencent Holdings’ co-founder Pony Ma now has an estimated wealth of US$44 billion.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
Tencent CEO blasts managers over ‘corruption’ as business reels
Pony Ma also said that mismanagement was sapping the company’s vitality, Reuters reported.
Jofie Yordan · · 1 min read
Tencent boss expresses discontent over China’s zero-Covid policy
Pony Ma shared a brief excerpt from an opinion piece that accused Chinese internet users of taking online companies for granted, Bloomberg reported.
Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · · 2 min read
Two Tencent execs earned $200m each in 2021
Meanwhile, CEO and founder Pony Ma took home almost US$7 million in 2021, a 25% slide compared to the previous year, Bloomberg reported.
Miguel Cordon · · 1 min readKuaishou shares slide 12% amid Chinese crackdown on internet giants
Kuaishou had already shed 15% of its value on Thursday after People’s Daily said Beijing should step up oversight of online platforms, according to Bloomberg.
Deepti Sri · · 1 min readTencent CEO Pony Ma loses $14b amid China crackdown
Currently, the Tencent CEO ranks third on the list of Chinese billionaires, behind Nongfu Spring’s Zhong Shanshan and Alibaba’s Jack Ma.
Deepti Sri · · 1 min read‘It was life or death’: How WeChat was created in 2 months to save Tencent
Also: why Pony Ma’s Western equivalent is Mark Zuckerberg.
Apoorva Dutt · · 1 min readMeet Pony Ma, the media-shy billionaire behind Tencent
He dreamed of being a scientist, not an entrepreneur. Here’s how Pony Ma built one of the world’s biggest tech empires.
Eva Xiao · · 5 min readJack Ma is still China’s richest techie – and now he’s worth $6b more than last year
But there’s bad news for Xiaomi boss Lei Jun, who tumbles down the ranking.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read