WHERE Wild Horses ROAM The Story of Ma Hauteng

For many in the western world, the term Tencent might be a foreign term when it comes to companies, yet Tencent is the largest video game company, one of the world’s most valuable technology companies, one of the world’s largest social media companies and one the world’s largest venture capital firms. And it’s all thanks to a man affectionately known by his peers as Pony Ma, a Chinese internet entrepreneur and one of the most influential people in the world. But where did it all start and how did Tencent become one of the biggest companies in the world?

FROM JANITOR TO JUGGERNAUT

Ma Huateng was born in Badagang, Guangdong (now Dongfang City), China, on October