{"id":"clm_21773ECB93F0","entity":"tencent","predicate":"founder","value":"Zhang Zhidong","value_json":{"item":"Q15934341","note":"The page says Tencent was founded in November 1998 by Pony Ma, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan and Zeng Liqing. Zhang is one of five co-founders, so the claim holds. I did not find Tencent's own ","rank":"normal","check":{"on":"2026-11-08","url":"https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13376/Tencent-was-founded-in-Shenzhen","pages":3,"quote":"On November 11, 1998, Ma Huateng, along with Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng Liqing, co-founded Tencent in Shenzhen.","outcome":"checked"},"undated":true,"verdict":"confirmed","restored":"2026-11-01","verified":"2026-11-01","wikidata":"Q860580","restored_from":"withdrawn_claims","second_source":{"on":"2026-11-07","url":"https://startuptalky.com/tencent-success-story/","note":"The page lists Zhang Zhidong among Tencent's five co-founders (with Ma Huateng, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan and Zeng Liqing). It is a secondary source, not Tencent's own site or a filing.","tier":"secondary","outcome":"added"}},"valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2021-07-21","recorded":"2026-11-01","citation":{"plain":"AsOf. \"Tencent founder: Zhang Zhidong\", undated. Claim clm_21773ECB93F0, https://asof.is/claim/clm_21773ECB93F0, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13376/Tencent-was-founded-in-Shenzhen.","url":"https://asof.is/claim/clm_21773ECB93F0","accessed":"2026-11-08"},"confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"supersedes":[],"first_seen_at":"2026-11-01T17:38:30.71439+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-08T10:46:26.925003+00:00","sources":[{"url":"https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13376/Tencent-was-founded-in-Shenzhen","tier":"secondary","publisher":"ourchinastory.com","published_at":"2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://technologymagazine.com/digital-transformation/timeline-tencent","tier":"secondary","publisher":"technologymagazine.com","published_at":"2021-07-21T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860580","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://startuptalky.com/tencent-success-story/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"startuptalky.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-08","quote":"On November 11, 1998, Ma Huateng, along with Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng Liqing, co-founded Tencent in Shenzhen.","url":"https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13376/Tencent-was-founded-in-Shenzhen"},"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","citation":"citation: how to cite the row (plain: one sentence with the value, its as-of date, the claim id and URL, the day answered and the primary source; url: the claim page; accessed: the day answered). APA and BibTeX forms are on the claim page.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}