Zhang Zhidong

Chinese businessman

Tony Zhang Zhidong (Chinese: 张志东, born 1972) is a Chinese businessman who is the co-founder, former CTO and second-largest individual shareholder of Tencent, a Chinese internet conglomerate.2

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Born 1971.1

Net worth $13.3B (as of 2019, per The World's Billionaires).10 Richest people

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedSouth China University of Technology3
  • Date not recordedShenzhen University3

Zhang Zhidong was born in 1971. He was in the same class at Shenzhen University as Tencent's founder, fellow billionaire Ma Huateng. He also has a master's degree from South China University of Technology.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

According to Forbes, Zhang Zhidong has a net worth of $24.1 billion, as of March 2021.

Zhang was Tencent's Chief Technology Officer for 16 years until his retirement in September 2014.

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Personal life

  • Born1971, Dongguan6
  • CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China7
  • ResidenceShenzhen8

He lives in Shenzhen.

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