Zhang Zhidong (entrepreneur)

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Zhang Zhidong (Chinese: 张志东, born 1972 in Dongguan , Guangdong Province ), also known as Tony Zhang , is a Chinese businessman, co-founder, former technical director and second largest single shareholder of the Chinese Internet company Tencent . According to Forbes , he has a fortune of 13.3 billion US dollars (as of 2019).

Life

Zhang Zhidong was in the same class at Shenzhen University as Tencent's founder, fellow billionaire Ma Huateng . He also holds a Masters degree from South China University of Technology . In 1998 he was one of the founders of Tencent QQ . In 2014 he resigned as the company's technical director, but still owns shares.

He is married and has one child.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zhang Zhidong. Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b # 85 Zhang Zhidong $ 14.4B. Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zhang Zhidong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 张志东 (Chinese); Zhang, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Dongguan , Guangdong Province