{"id":"pony-ma","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pony-ma","language":"en","name":"Pony Ma","name_en":"Pony Ma","name_ne":null,"description":"Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)","headline":"Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is a Chinese businessman. He is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tencent, a Shenzhen-based conglomerate in technology, gaming, entertainment, and financial services. In 2007, 2014, and 2018, Time magazine named him one of the world's most influential people, while in 2015, Forbes credited him as one of the world's most powerful people. In 2017, Fortune ranked him as among the top businessmen of the year. Ma was a deputy to the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress and a delegate in the 12th National People's Congress. As of November 2025, Ma has a net worth of US$63 billion according to Forbes.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 October 1971","date":"1971-10-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Chaoyang District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062618"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"People's Republic of China","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"computer scientist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82594"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Shenzhen University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1945756"},{"text":"Shenzhen Middle School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7494378"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Wang Danting","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106897267"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"National People's Congress deputy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10891456"},{"text":"chief executive officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484876"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Pioneer of Reform","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63307285","date":"2018-12-18"},{"text":"100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60991786"},{"text":"Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115088770","date":"2021"},{"text":"Time 100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604370","date":"2007"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Ma","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pony Ma born?","a":"Pony Ma was born on 29 October 1971 in Chaoyang District."},{"q":"What positions has Pony Ma held?","a":"Positions held by Pony Ma include: National People's Congress deputy; chief executive officer."},{"q":"Where did Pony Ma study?","a":"Pony Ma was educated at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Middle School."}],"related":[{"name":"Xi Jinping","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/xi-jinping"},{"name":"Zhou Enlai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zhou-enlai"},{"name":"Jiang Zemin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jiang-zemin"},{"name":"Liu Shaoqi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/liu-shaoqi"},{"name":"Li Peng","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-peng"},{"name":"Dong Biwu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dong-biwu"},{"name":"Donald Trump","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-trump"},{"name":"Naftali Bennett","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naftali-bennett"},{"name":"Gwyneth Paltrow","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gwyneth-paltrow"},{"name":"Batman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/batman"},{"name":"Donald Rumsfeld","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-rumsfeld"},{"name":"Tim Cook","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tim-cook"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pony-ma-e70deaaaae.jpg","width":500,"height":666,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"中国新闻网","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%A9%AC%E5%8C%96%E8%85%BE_Pony_Ma_2019.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pony Ma","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Ma","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1739008","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739008","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 马化腾 Pony Ma 2019.jpg by 中国新闻网 (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%A9%AC%E5%8C%96%E8%85%BE_Pony_Ma_2019.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pony Ma, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 马化腾 Pony Ma 2019.jpg — 中国新闻网, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Pony Ma\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pony-ma. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pony-ma","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pony-ma","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pony-ma?lang=ne"}}