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Ma Huateng

Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is a Chinese billionaire business magnate. In 2022, Ma Huateng's net worth is estimated to be $40 billion dollars.

March 29, 2022

Words by Matthew Taylor

Ma Huateng Net Worth

$40 billion

Est. Range $31B - $49B

Medium Confidence

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate founded in November 1998, whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally. Its twin headquarters are in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, and in Futian District, Shenzhen. Tencent is the world's largest gaming company, one of the world's most valuable technology companies, one of the world's largest social media companies, and one of the world's largest venture capital firms and investment corporations. The company also owns the largest number of Chinese language online content community services, including QQ.com, QQ Instant Messenger, QQ Game Platform, Qzone, and Tencent Weibo.

Tencent's Internet platforms QQ, QQ.com, QQ Games, and PaiPai.com have brought together China's largest Internet community. Its mobile chat service WeChat has attracted over 1 billion monthly active users.

Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is a Chinese billionaire business magnate who is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Tencent, one of the most valuable companies in Asia. Tencent is an Internet and technology company that also has gaming, entertainment, and investment divisions. It is one of the largest companies in the world, and Ma has been named one of the world's most influential people and one of the most powerful people in the world by various magazines. He has a net worth of over $44 billion.

You vs. Ma Huateng

How long would it take you to earn as much as Ma Huateng?

Richest Business

While many of us work in business, you’re not going to make your fortune staying at your day job – the average office worker in the US earns about $41,000 a year. If you manage to get to an executive level, you’re getting closer, but you still have a long way to go. If you can reach the top, CEO salaries know no bounds, but you’ll have to pick the right company!

Many of the wealthiest business people on our list are investment bankers or have done well on the share market. A few have inherited a business empire or secured a good chunk of shares in a blue-chip company through a sizeable divorce settlement. Others are lucky enough to be friends with a “generous” head of state (aka Putin) and find that their wealth can grow to unprecedented levels when supported by state-backed enterprises.

Nowadays though, it’s harder to start traditional business empires from scratch. Media moguls have fallen out of favour in recent years and the big names on this list come from tech. Bill Gates has been a stalwart and is now accompanied by Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk. Innovation is the key to wealth, but only if you can get the cash, confidence and idea to really make it big.

Buying Power

Ma Huateng's net worth of 40 billion can buy...

304321x
Tesla Model S
Priced at $131,440
65573x
Prestige 420 yacht
Priced at $610,000
1052x
Gulfstream G450
Priced at $38,000,000

Methodology

The Wealthiest Index is a ranking of the world's richest people. In calculating Andre Agassi’s net worth, we strive to provide the most transparent calculations available with detailed analysis of how that Andre Agassi’s fortune was made. Each net worth figure is updated at regular intervals to reflect market movements.

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