Ma Huateng founded Tencent with friends in 1998 ... By the early 2000s, OICQ had evolved into QQ—a sophisticated messaging platform that incorporated chatrooms, games, personal avatars, storage ...

Regarding the recent launch of Weixin Shop's “Send Gifts” function and the idea of WeChat doing e-commerce, Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of TENCENT (00700.HK) (TCEH... Looking back at TENCENT ...

That has quite literally boosted the fortunes of “Pony” Ma (his surname translates to “horse” in English), who holds almost 9% of the stock in the company he cofounded in 1998 and who ...