{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-7fca6cdaaf0e456dbdd1f33758b7c2cd", "slug": "tencent-holdings", "name": "TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T14:49:58.296568Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a China-based technology company founded in Shenzhen in 1998. Its consumer services include the Weixin/WeChat and QQ communication platforms, online games and digital content. It also provides advertising, financial technology, cloud and other business services. China is its principal market, while its games business also serves international markets. Tencent states its mission as “Value for Users, Tech for Good.” [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html]\n\nTencent reports its operations across value-added services, marketing services, and financial technology and business services. In 2024, it reported revenue of approximately RMB660.3 billion and employed about 110,558 people at year-end. [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html]\n[https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html][https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html][https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html][https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T14:49:58.296568Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Tencent’s consumer products center on Weixin/WeChat and QQ. Weixin/WeChat combines messaging and social features with Mini Programs, which let users access services within the app; Weixin Pay provides payment services. Tencent also offers Tencent Video for streaming and distributes online games through Tencent Games. 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Its operations are centered in mainland China, while its gaming activities extend to international markets through overseas development, publishing and investments. [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html][https://www.tencent.com/en-us/business.html]\n[https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html][https://www.tencent.com/en-us/business.html]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T14:49:58.296568Z" }, { "type": "SEGMENTS", "text": "Tencent reports revenue in four business lines: Value-added Services (VAS), Marketing Services, FinTech and Business Services, and Others. In 2024, VAS contributed approximately 48% of revenue, FinTech and Business Services 32%, Marketing Services 18%, and Others 1%. These are revenue shares, not profit contributions. [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html]\n\nVAS comprises domestic and international games and social-network services, including subscriptions and virtual-item sales. Marketing Services, previously labelled Online Advertising, sells advertising across Tencent’s platforms. FinTech and Business Services covers payment and other financial-technology services alongside cloud and enterprise services. Others accounts for the small balance of revenue outside these principal lines. [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html]\n[https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors/financial-reports.html]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T14:49:58.296568Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Tencent was founded in Shenzhen in 1998 by Ma Huateng and four co-founders. It launched the instant-messaging service OICQ in 1999, later renaming it QQ. The company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004. [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html]\n\nTencent launched Weixin, known internationally as WeChat, in 2011 and added payment functionality in 2013. Its expansion into games included taking a majority stake in Riot Games in 2011 and acquiring the remaining equity in 2015; a Tencent-led group acquired a majority stake in Supercell in 2016. 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