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 Online gaming currently accounts for 32% of Tencent's income. Last quarter's gaming revenue was $135.3  billion. [([[https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tencent-q1-profit-rises-65-2021-05-20/|Reuters]])]
+===== Foundation =====
+Tencent was founded in November 1998. [([[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tencent-birthday-idUSKBN13615F|Reuters]])]
+===== OICQ =====
+Tencent's OICQ (later QQ) was a clone of ICQ, which AOL purchased from Mirabilis, an Israeli firm. [([[https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/IT%20and%20Systems/WeChat-Case%20Study.htm|ICMR]])]
+===== Data In Internet Cafes =====
+Tencent saw that this would not work in China, where there were many Internet cafes, so it stored the data on the server. ICQ stored all of its user data and buddy lists in the browser; Tencent saw that this would not work in China, where there were many Internet cafes, so it stored the data on the server. [([[https://qz.com/984690/while-the-rest-of-the-world-tries-to-kill-email-in-china-its-always-been-dead/|Quartz]])]
+===== First Revenues =====
+Tencent's first cash came from licensing its designs to the same Guangzhou design business that generated them when it had no revenues. [([[https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/stsc.2021.0142|pubsonline]])]
+===== Red Envelope Campaign =====
+WeChat immediately connected to more than 200 million bank accounts when it started its red envelope campaign on Chinese New Year in 2014. Alibaba's digital Pearl Harbor strike, according to Jack Ma. [([[https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1138508.shtml|Global Times]])]
+===== Largest Gaming Publisher =====
+Tencent is the largest gaming publisher in the world. [([[https://www.pcgamer.com/every-game-company-that-tencent-has-invested-in/|PCGamer]])]
+===== Universal Music =====
+Tencent recently finalized a deal in which it acquired a 10% share in Universal Music. Major artists on the label's roster include Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar. [([[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49248074|BBC]])]
+===== Tencent Pictures =====
+Tencent Pictures, the company's film and production arm, has worked on a variety of Hollywood films, including Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), Wonder Woman (2017), and the impending Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. [([[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0562497|IMDB]])]
+===== Tesla =====
+This Chinese giant owns 5% of the US electric car firm Tesla. [([[https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/28/messaging-app-parent-tencent-takes-stake-in-tesla.html|CNBC]])]

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