Tencent Holdings was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Its businesses include social and communication services, games, digital content, cloud computing, marketing, FinTech and enterprise services.[1]
Tencent’s 2025 annual report lists Riot Games as a wholly owned subsidiary at year-end. Riot’s leadership biography dates the equity sale to 2015. Tencent Games is a separate operating business in PTG’s organization records.[2][3]


