4. Major Branches
Seoul, Korea
San Francisco, US
Shenzhen, China
Hongkong, China
Hanoi, Vietnam
New Delhi, India
Founded in Nov, 1998, IPO at Hongkong in 2004
30+ branches in China, with business coverage of China and Southeast Asia
5000+ employees in total, the average age is 28 years
Total registered QQ IM user accounts exceed 860 million worldwide
Concurrent user accounts reached 55 million this month
5. 2008.05: Market cap exceeded $10 billion (the largest Internet company in China)
2004.06: IPO in Hong Kong
1999.02: QQ launched
1998.11: Tencent founded
2008
5500
3260
2007.05
2005.01
2200
2004.06
2001.06
1000
1999.02 500
300
10
QQ Peak Concurrent
User Accounts
2009.3
2001 2003 2005.2 2006.9 2007.9
1999
1998.11.11
(10,000)