Tencent on the dollar

Tencent on the dollar

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When Brent Irvin joined Tencent as group general counsel nine years ago, the Chinese upstart was already a tech wunderkind, boasting revenue close to RMB20bn. But few foresaw the trajectory it would take from there: with dramatic growth in 2017, the company is now valued at more than $477bn.

‘We have always been about combining social and content, but in the beginning we were more games-focused,’ notes Irvin.

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