Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a leading global technologie[2] conglomerate based in Shenzhen, China. Its major operations cover various sectors including social networks, multimedia, e-commerce, and online gaming. Some of its well-known services are QQ, WeChat[4], and Tencent Music. As a significant player in the video game[3] industry, it owns the world’s largest video game vendor. Tencent is also recognized for its robust investment strategy, holding stakes in over 600 companies worldwide. The company has shown impressive growth since its establishment in 1998, with its market value crossing $500 billion in 2018. Despite facing regulatory challenges, Tencent continues to innovate and expand its portfolio, making strategic investments across diverse industries like healthcare, insurance, and réalité virtuelle[1].
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Chinese: 腾讯; pinyin: Téngxùn) is a Chinese multinational technologie conglomerate et société holding dont le siège se trouve à Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments, with Tencent Games being the subdivision of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) focused on publishing of games.
Native name | 腾讯控股有限公司 |
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Type d'entreprise | Public |
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ISIN | KYG875721634 |
L'industrie | Conglomerate |
Fondée | 11 November 1998 |
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Siège | Tencent Binhai Mansion, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
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Recettes | CN¥554.552 billion (US$77.99 billion) (2022) |
CN¥235.706 billion (US$33.15 billion) (2022) | |
CN¥188.709 billion (US$26.54 billion) (2022) | |
Total des actifs | CN¥1.578 trillion (US$221.94 billion) (2022) |
Total des capitaux propres | CN¥782.860 billion (US$110.10 billion) (2022) |
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Nombre de salariés | 112,771 (2021) |
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Filiales | See § Foreign studio assets for game studios Subsidiaries |
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Site web | tencent.com |
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Traditional Chinese | 騰訊 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded in 1998, its subsidiaries globally market various Internet-related services and products, including in entertainment, artificial intelligence, and other technology. Its twin-skyscraper headquarters, Tencent Seafront Towers (also known as Tencent Binhai Mansion) are based in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen.
Tencent is the world's largest video game vendor, as well as one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization. It is among the largest médias sociaux, venture capitalet investment corporations. Its services include social networks, music, web portals, e-commerce, mobile games, internet services, payment systems, smartphones, and multiplayer online games. It operates the instant messengers Tencent QQ et WeChat, and QQ.com. It also owns Tencent Music.
The company surpassed a market value of US$500 billion in 2018, becoming the first Asian technology company to cross this valuation mark. It has since then emerged as the most valuable publicly traded company in China, and is the world's tenth most valuable company by market value as of February 2022. In 2015, 2018, and 2020, the company was ranked by the Boston Consulting Group et Fast Company among the 50 most innovative companies worldwide. Tencent has stakes in over 600 companies, and began focusing on tech start-ups in Asia in 2017. TechCrunch characterized Tencent's investment strategy as letting its portfolio startups operate autonomously. Tencent's valuation approached US$1 trillion in January 2021 before it plummeted. Tencent Holdings was ranked 35th on Forbes Global 2000 2023 list.