Ma, male, 32 years old, the founder of Tencent, is known as the father of OICQ (later renamed "QQ"), the first generation of netizens and super net bugs in China; 1984 came to Shenzhen from Hainan with his parents; 1993 Graduated from Shenzhen University, majoring in computer science; In the same year, I joined Runxun Company and started to be a software engineer. From 1998, I thought about starting my own business, and then I independently developed an online Chinese ICQ service based on the Internet-OICQ (www. OICQ.com), and become the largest online Chinese ICQ service provider in China. 1999 10 obtained the venture capital of American data group (IDG) and Li Ka-shing's PCCW1100000 USD. At present, QQ has nearly 1 100 million registered users at home and abroad (mainly at home), and it is increasing at a geometric speed every day. It can be said that domestic netizens use instant messaging tools the most. QQ itself also benefits from advertising, mobile QQ, QQ membership fees and other fields. As the founder of the company, Ma Ziran is the biggest contributor and beneficiary. He is kind and polite, but there is no unnecessary politeness. He doesn't care about the growing concern of * * *, but there are countless * * * reports on it. No matter people in the industry or ordinary netizens, even people who don't surf the Internet appreciate Ma's vision and courage. From the local area network composed of five telephone lines and eight computers in those years to providing various communication services based on QQ for nearly 300 million registered users today, the entrepreneurial story started at 50,000 yuan, and was worth 898 million Hong Kong dollars after listing in June 2004. From a software engineer to a pioneer of instant messaging service in China, Ma, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, has associated himself with QQ. The capital expansion brought by the development of QQ business can't change Ma's low-key style. He prefers to think of himself as a netizen. He said that only by doing things according to the mentality of netizens can we launch services that better meet the needs of users. In my life, other things in real life rarely interest me except work. I am very focused on everything, and focus gives me the motivation to move forward. Before I went to college, I liked astronomy and geography very much, and magazines about astronomy and geography were everywhere at home. But after I went to college, I found that these pleasures were too far from reality. I began to like writing software and studying computer networks. I found myself so excited about the Internet. The Internet has made me more friends, and they are even my important collaborators now. After graduation, I applied for the position of software engineer in Runxun Company. In the11990s, Runxun was one of the top companies in China paging market, with hundreds of software engineers. In the eyes of most engineers, developing more advanced software may prove their cleverness, but I don't think writing software is a matter of self-entertainment, and more people must use it, even if I only play a small role in bringing technology to market. Seeing ICQ demonstration based on Windows system in 1998 inspired me. I began to think about whether I could push a paging, chatting and email software similar to ICQ in China. I registered my own company, and the start-up capital of the company came from my previous stock trading. After three months of development, OICQ system can finally be listed, but the server hosting problem has not been solved. We once considered selling OICQ for 600,000 yuan, but fortunately we kept it, because I gradually found that being an Internet user is not a pure gold digger. OICQ makes most users and investors fondle admiringly. Shortly after its establishment, Tencent received US$ 2.2 million in venture capital from IDG of the United States and PCCW of Hong Kong, and later changed its name to QQ. I realized that the continuous optimization of business model and lasting business philosophy can make the company go long-term. In 200 1 year, domestic network companies such as Sina, Sohu, Netease, etc. have formed a scale, and gained new capital support through listing. These websites have accelerated their profits by launching charging services. However, Tencent does not have the conditions to expand its capital and carry out charging business, because after all, we are a company with only 18 people and lack ready-made charging channels. At that time, the registered users of QQ had reached 200 million, but the company was short of funds, and the market once rumored that QQ would charge or stop its service. The "Monternet" launched by China Mobile has changed our living conditions. I want to achieve business growth through the agreement of "28% split account" with operators (20% for operators and 80% for Tencent), which is the birth of mobile QQ. In 2002, mobile QQ accounted for 70% of Tencent's overall business income, and we also launched QQ services featuring men and women, color ring tones and pictures, which were well received by users. At the same time, improving the corporate governance structure, constantly optimizing the business model and revising the business plan six times are just to win more capital support for Tencent. In June 2004, Tencent was listed on the main board of Hong Kong, which gave us stable capital support. The next step is to continue to develop new business at a lower cost, and increase customer stickiness through instant messaging in terms of new business and functions, instead of distracting yourself. This is our bargaining chip against other foreign tools. For Tencent, 300 million registered users are the basis for business development. We can even develop e-commerce on the client and launch C2C functions. It is probably my dream to constantly meet the needs of netizens.