# clm_E8B044FA4C46

subject: Tencent (/record/tencent.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Zeng Liqing  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: 2025-11-10  
recorded: 2026-11-01  
confidence: 0.80  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-01  
checked: 2026-11-01 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Tencent was founded by Pony Ma, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Charles Chen and Zeng Liqing in November 1998 as Tencent Inc, incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

What https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat7/sub44/entry-8309.html says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13376/China's-Tencent-was-founded-in-Shenzhen (secondary, ourchinastory.com, published 2025-11-10)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860580 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat7/sub44/entry-8309.html (secondary, factsanddetails.com)

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