Tencent Inc. is China's largest internet company, founded in 1998. It provides a wide range of online services, including instant messaging through QQ, online portals, gaming platforms, search engines, social media, and payments processing. Some key points of the document are that Tencent has over 700 million active QQ users, locks in its large user base through multiple interconnected services, quickly copies trends and beats competitors to market, and has faced criticism for creating monopolies and scanning users' privacy without permission.

1. Tencent Inc.
The biggest Chinese Software “Monopoly”
“The aim to create value for our user base”

2. Background
Founded in November, 1998.
China's largest and most used Internet service portal.
Mission:To enhance people's quality of life through Internet services.
Vision:To be the most respected Internet company.
Went public in 2004 in Hong Kong
Market Cap: ~ 286B HKD (45B in USD)

3. What do they do ?

4. What do they do ?
“Everything !!!”
"One-stop online lifestyle services"

5. What do they do ?

6. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)

7. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)

8. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform

9. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)

10. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)

11. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)

12. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

13. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

14. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

15. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
Paipai (like eBay)
QQ Games Platform
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

16. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
Paipai (like eBay)
QQ Games Platform
Tencent Web Browser
SoSo (Search engine)
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

17. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
Paipai (like eBay)
QQ Games Platform
Tencent Web Browser
SoSo (Search engine)
QQ Mobile
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

18. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
Paipai (like eBay)
QQ Games Platform
Tencent Web Browser
SoSo (Search engine)
QQ Mobile
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Coins (Online virtual money)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

19. What do they do ?
Instant Messenger: QQ (beats QQ Mail Service
MSN badly in China)
Tenpay (like Paypal)
QQ.com (Internet portal)
Paipai (like eBay)
QQ Games Platform
Tencent Web Browser
SoSo (Search engine)
QQ Mobile
Qzone (Social sharing)
QQ Coins (Online virtual money)
QQ Microblog (like Twitter)
More ...
QQ Music & Video Streaming
service

20. Lots of users
“As of Sep 30, 2011, the active QQ users accounts for
QQ IM amounted to 711.7 million while its peak
concurrent users reached 145.4 million”
Nearly all computers in China installed QQ or other
Tencent products.

21. Interesting Products
QQ Instant messenger
Base product that “locks” millions of users
QQ Gaming platform
“Gaming Lobby”

22. More than
100 Games
Online games

23. Gaming Lobby
Play with other people, friends, strangers ...

24. Secret Sauce

25. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.

26. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.
Fast reaction to market trend.

27. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.
Fast reaction to market trend.
“Follow you, copy and beat you”

28. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.
Fast reaction to market trend.
“Follow you, copy and beat you”
Fast development time.

29. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.
Fast reaction to market trend.
“Follow you, copy and beat you”
Fast development time.
Multiple ways to “lock” the huge user base

30. Secret Sauce
“Good artist copy, Great artist steal”.
Fast reaction to market trend.
“Follow you, copy and beat you”
Fast development time.
Multiple ways to “lock” the huge user base
Market monopoly.

31. Interesting Affairs

32. Interesting Affairs
Battle between QQ and 360 (Anti-virus software)

33. Interesting Affairs
Battle between QQ and 360 (Anti-virus software)
360 has a good relationship with Microsoft.

34. Interesting Affairs
Battle between QQ and 360 (Anti-virus software)
360 has a good relationship with Microsoft.
360 claims that QQ scans users’s privacy.

35. Interesting Affairs
Battle between QQ and 360 (Anti-virus software)
360 has a good relationship with Microsoft.
360 claims that QQ scans users’s privacy.
QQ says “No” & Forces the users to uninstall 360.

36. Interesting Affairs
Battle between QQ and 360 (Anti-virus software)
360 has a good relationship with Microsoft.
360 claims that QQ scans users’s privacy.
QQ says “No” & Forces the users to uninstall 360.
“If you don’t scan my disk, how do you know I have
360 installed ?”

37. QQ vs 360
“You have to choose only one of us !”

38. China Computer World Magazine:
“F****** QQ”

39. China Computer World Magazine:
“F****** QQ”
“The copycat that
destroys the Internet
ecosystem”
“The enemy of the
entire IT industry in
China”

40. Don’t Be Evil
Monopoly is a bad thing !!!
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