Ma Huateng (馬化騰)

 Company: Tencent Holdings Limited (騰訊公司)

Industry: Internet services

Position: CEO

Age: 40

Founded by Ma Huateng in November 1998, Tencent has grown into China's largest and most used online community. Its instant messaging program, Tencent QQ, currently has 711.7 million active users, practically changing the way Chinese people communicate. As the largest internet company in the country, its annual revenue reached 19.6 billion yuan (US$3.11 billion) in 2010 with its service including messaging, e-mail, search and online shopping. With his 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Ma continues to participate in the company’s product development process. Recently, Ma has dived into building Tencent the largest open platform.