Recently Hurun announced the 2020 China Rich List. Among them, Alibaba made 29 people on the list, becoming the company with the largest wealth creation. and Tencent , which are at the same level as Alibaba, are much worse in this regard. There are only 7 people on the list. Except for Liu Chiping and Zhang Xiaolong , the other five people are Tencent's entrepreneurial five tigers.
When talking about Alibaba, we have to mention Alibaba as one of the Eighteen Arhats, while Tencent is one of the Five Entrepreneurial Tigers. Tencent's five tigers will be CEO Pony Ma Huateng, CIO Xu Chenye, CTO Zhang Zhidong, COO Zeng Liqing, and CAO Chen Yidan. In fact, if you look at these 5 people, you will find that the gentle and elegant Ma Huateng is the one who least looks like a boss.
Among Tencent’s entrepreneurial five generals, there is actually one person with the most special identity. This is the former COO Zeng Liqing. Why do you say that? Because Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong and others are actually classmates of Shenzhen University, only Zeng Liqing is not.
In 1998, Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong founded Tencent together. Before this, Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong were both well-known programmers in China, and both had excellent skills. Ma Huateng was born into a wealthy family. His father is the director of Shenzhen Yantian Port. Ma Huateng's family background has been very good since he was a child. Later, Ma Huateng graduated from Shenzhen University and joined Runxun as an engineer.
Later, Ma Huateng proposed a plan similar to QQ in the company, but it failed. So Ma Huateng quit his job and found his college classmate Zhang Zhidong to start a business together. Soon after, Zeng Liqing also joined Tencent. Zeng Liqing was not their college classmate. He graduated from Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology and worked in Shenzhen Telecommunications Bureau after graduation. Zeng Liqing and Ma Huateng’s sister have been colleagues for many years. Zeng Liqing got to know Ma Huateng and others.
Zeng Liqing is also one of the founders of the Shenzhen Internet. He is the promoter of Shenzhen's first broadband community. In 1998, Zeng Liqing was already the marketing manager of the Telecommunications Bureau. Zeng Liqing is a very good marketing and sales talent. This year Zeng Li Qing encountered a low point in his life, and he began to think about his future. At that time, Zeng Liqing found his director and hoped that he would give him some advice.
Zeng Liqing's director had a friend, and her husband was a classmate of Ma Huateng's father. At that time, Zeng Liqing's director suggested that he go to sea. Zeng Liqing's character was fiery and open-minded, and he was greatly constrained by the system. Zeng Liqing's director also suggested that Zeng Liqing go to Ma Huateng. Zeng Liqing then found Ma Huateng. The two got along very well, so Zeng Liqing decided to join Tencent and became Tencent's third employee and Tencent's third shareholder.
Tencent’s shares are not equally divided. At that time, Ma Huateng made some money from stock trading, which was also the capital for his business. After Zeng Liqing joined, two other co-founders also joined one after another. Chen Yidan and Xu Chenhua are also Ma Huateng’s college classmates. At that time, their shares were divided like this. Ma Huateng invested the most, so he held 47.5% of the shares. Zhang Zhidong holds 20% of the shares. Zeng Liqing also holds 12.5% of the shares.
In fact, Zeng Liqing is the third largest shareholder, but today it seems that Zeng Liqing's net worth is not as good as that of Chen Yidan and Xu Chenhua, who only hold 10% of the shares. Chen Yidan and Xu Chenhua both have a net worth of more than 10 billion, while Zeng Liqing's net worth is only 5 billion.
Although Zeng Liqing started a business with Ma Huateng, his current net worth is only 1/40 of Ma Huateng. Zeng Liqing's net worth is only 5 billion, and Ma Huateng's net worth is as high as 390 billion. Why is there such a big gap in net worth between the two people?
After Zeng Liqing joined Tencent, he actually looked more like a boss than Ma Huateng in terms of momentum. Zeng Liqing thinks better and has more aura. At the same time, Zeng Liqing's dress is more businesslike. Many times Zeng Liqing goes out with Ma Huateng and others to talk about things. Many people think that Zeng Liqing is the leader.
After Zeng Liqing joined Tencent, he did bring many differences to the team. Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong are both engineers and lack business thinking. Zeng Liqing has a background in marketing, which can make up for this.But it is a pity that Zeng Liqing was the first to leave the company.
Tencent experienced initial difficulties, and later successfully obtained investment from IDG and PCCW, and began to get on the right track of development. Tencent was successfully listed in Hong Kong in 2004, with a market value of HK$12 billion. In 2007, a large number of professional managers entered Tencent. Zeng Liqing announced his early retirement.
Zeng Li Qing has not disclosed the reason for his departure, but he once said that he was tired. In fact, so far, three of Tencent's five tigers have left, leaving only Ma Huateng and the marginalized Xu Chenhua. In fact, this situation also happens in companies such as Alibaba. Many co-founders have left the company after the company developed, such as Sun Tongyu who helped Jack Ma establish Taobao . He also left Ali in 2008.
Sun Tongyu’s wife is Peng Lei , which is the largest shareholder of Ant Financial and , holding 10%, more than Jack Ma. Sun Tongyu brought Peng Lei into Ali. Later, Sun Tongyu left, but Peng Lei stayed. After Ant Financial goes public, Peng Lei will also become the richest woman in China.
After Zeng Liqing left Tencent, he rested at home for several months, doing nothing but playing games every day. Zeng Liqing appeared to be resting, but in fact he was looking for a new career direction. Soon Zeng Liqing established Dexun Investment Company and became an angel investor.
Initially in the investor circle, Zeng Liqing also took many detours. Zeng Liqing deliberately avoided the Internet at first and invested in many traditional industries such as clothing. Zeng Liqing later discovered that a lot of money had been spent, but in the end he didn't even see a shadow. Later, Zeng Liqing returned to the Internet.
Zeng Liqing once said that in the VC circle, there are only three people who are truly rich. Apart from himself, they are Shen Nanpeng and He Boquan . Many so-called investment companies are not as rich as these three. Because all three of them have successfully started their own businesses.
Zeng Liqing later began to invest in some of Tencent's former employees and achieved some success. However, although Zeng Liqing made some gains in investment, he missed the best investment. That is to hold Tencent shares for the long term. Zeng Liqing left Tencent in 2007. So far, Tencent's market value has increased by at least 100 times. Tencent's current market value is about to exceed 5.8 trillion Hong Kong dollars, and it will continue to rise in the future.
In order to make investments, Zeng Liqing cashed out a large number of shares too early. This made Zeng Liqing's net worth today the smallest among the five tiger generals. In addition to Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong also has a net worth of more than 100 billion.
