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PONY MA

POSITION: CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CEO

COMPANY: TENCENT HEADQUARTERS: SHENZHEN, CHINA

Pony co-founded the massive Chinese tech company, Tencent, in 1998. He has since led its strategic development, overall direction and management. Before that, Pony led research and development for the internet paging system at China Motion Telecom Development, a telecoms services and products provider. In 2026, under Pony’ s leadership, Tencent launched“ Hy3 preview”, its first flagship model since former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu joined the tech giant to lead its AI development efforts, reported the South China Morning Post. Pony Ma Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, CEO Tencent

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