In this success post, we are going to share the story of Zhang Zhidong, also called by the name of Tony Zhang. He has a Chinese business in the computer science industry. Zhang Zhidong was one of the co-founders of Tencent Holdings Ltd in Shenzhen, China. He worked there as the CTO and Executive Director. Tencent Holdings Ltd is a China social and Internet heavyweight.
It excels in making free messaging services that attracted billions of users. Zhang worked for the Tencent for sixteen years until he resigned in the month of September 2014. After that, not much is known about Zhang.
Zhang Zhidong Personal Life
Zhang was born in the year 1972 in Dongguan in Guangdong province in Southern China. At the age of 18 years, he went to study computer science at Shenzhen University. He met Ma Huateng, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Tencent Holdings Ltd with him. In the year 1933, Zhang completed his Bachelor’s Degree. He enrolled for graduate studies at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou and completed a Master Degree in the year 1996.
Zhang Zhidong Co-Founder of Tencent Holdings Ltd
On 23rd of November 1999, Chen Yidan, Xu Cheney, Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, and Zeng Liqing Zeng founded Tencent Holdings Ltd. The company has its headquarters in Shenzhen, China. It offers Internet, telecommunications and mobile services.
Tencent Holdings Ltd operates through several business groups. These include Interactive Development, Corporate Entertainment, Mobile Internet, Technology, Social Network, Online Media, and Engineering. The company has around 30641, with $16.35 billion in sales. Ma Huateng, CEO of the company, reported revenue of $30 billion in 2016.
Zhang Zhidong Married life
Zhang is married, but the couple has no children. But they live at their resident in Shenzhen, China. Zhang works for Liming Network Group, a software company in Shenzhen. Also, this company develops electronic transaction platforms for stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Zhang Zhidong Net Worth
Zhang is a net worth of $10.1 billion. Because Zhang Zhidong was ranked at the 100th spot in the Forbes list of world billionaires in the year 2017. He was ranked as the 12th spot in the list of richest Chinese by Forbes in 2017.
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