Ma Huateng
Top 3 in Top 8 Richest Chinese Billionaires
Ma Huateng, a Chinese business entrepreneur who co-founded and served as CEO of Tencent Holdings Ltd., one of the world's largest Internet firms, from 1998 until 2012. He ranked third in the list of the richest Chinese billionaires.
Ma got a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Shenzhen University in 1993. He later worked in R&D for China Motion Telecom Development Ltd. before co-founding Tencent (1998) with other buddies. A year later, the business introduced the Internet-based QQ service (then known as OICQ), which quickly became one of China's most popular instant-messaging services. Tencent was later backed by two offshore venture capital groups, and the company raised about $200 million when it went public on the Hong Kong stock exchange in June 2004.
Net worth: : $37.2 billion
