Acquired
Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent
Every company has a story.
Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
Show Notes
We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-based social networking and entertainment powerhouse. We dive deep into the story of Pony Ma and his cofounders’ incredible journey from making software for pagers(!) to QQ, WeChat, League of Legends, Fortnite, Snapchat and even Tesla. This is one finale you don’t want to miss!
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