Ma Huateng

Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, 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.

• Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is the chairman and CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings.
• Tencent's popular social messaging app WeChat has over 1.4 billion monthly users.
• Known at home for mobile games such as battle game Honor of Kings, Tencent is also one of the largest videogame publishers globally and has acquired a stake in U.S. videogame company Epic Games.
• It has also invested in electric car maker Tesla and music-streaming service Spotify, which in turn has a stake in its Tencent Music.
• Ma has been ramping up investments in AI to make the company's Hunyuan family of models stand out amid fierce competition at home. He hired in 2026 former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu to lead Tencent's AI efforts.