ByteDance is a Beijing-headquartered internet company that builds algorithm-ranked content products, including Douyin, TikTok, Toutiao, and CapCut.
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Consumer internet
Consumer social, content, and marketplace platforms.
This sector index files companies by recorded product lines, not by founder nationality. 23 companies are in Consumer internet. Headquarters country is independent of sector; a US- or Taiwan-headquartered firm listed here is not a Chinese company. Headquarters split: China 19, United States 3, Singapore 1.
DoorDash is a San Francisco public company that operates on-demand local delivery, primarily food, and owns Wolt and Deliveroo.
Xiaomi is a Beijing public company that sells smartphones, IoT devices, personal computers, and electric vehicles.
PDD Holdings is the public parent of the Chinese social-ecommerce app Pinduoduo and the cross-border marketplace Temu.
miHoYo is a Shanghai video-game company best known for Genshin Impact, Honkai, and the international publishing brand HoYoverse.
Alibaba Group is a Hangzhou-headquartered technology company that operates ecommerce marketplaces, digital media, logistics, and cloud services.
Tencent is a Shenzhen-headquartered technology company that builds social apps, digital content, games, payments, and cloud services.
Baidu is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates web search and develops internet and AI products.
Meituan is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates on-demand local services including food delivery and in-store deals.
NetEase is a Hangzhou-headquartered technology company that publishes video games and operates internet media, music, and email services.
Kuaishou is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates short-video and live-streaming apps.
Bilibili is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that operates a video-sharing site known for danmu comments and ACG communities.
Weibo is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates a Chinese microblogging and social-media platform.
Sohu is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates an internet portal, online media, and related services.
Sina Corporation is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates the Sina.com portal and holds a controlling interest in Weibo.
Qihoo 360 is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that develops antivirus, browsers, and other internet-security software.
Trip.com Group is a Shanghai-headquartered technology company that operates online travel booking brands including Ctrip, Trip.com, Qunar, and Skyscanner.
DiDi is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates ride-hailing, taxi, bike-sharing, and related mobility services.
KE Holdings is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that runs an online-offline platform for housing transactions and services.
Yahoo is a Sunnyvale-headquartered technology company that operates a web portal, search, mail, news, and finance sites.
YouTube is a San Bruno-headquartered technology company that hosts user-uploaded videos and live streams owned by Google.
Grab is a Singapore-headquartered technology company that operates a super-app for ride-hailing, food delivery, and payments.
Kanzhun is a Beijing-headquartered technology company that operates the Boss Zhipin online recruitment app.
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Zhang Yiming is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded ByteDance and remains its chairman.
Liang Rubo is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded ByteDance and later became its chief executive.
Tony Xu is a Chinese-American entrepreneur who co-founded DoorDash and serves as its chief executive.
Lei Jun is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Xiaomi and serves as its chairman and chief executive.
Colin Huang is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Pinduoduo, later reorganized under PDD Holdings.
Cai Haoyu is a Chinese game designer who co-founded miHoYo in Shanghai.
Jack Ma is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Alibaba Group and helped create Ant Group.
Ma Huateng is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Tencent and remains its chairman and chief executive.
Robin Li is a Chinese engineer who co-founded Baidu and remains its chief executive.
Wang Xing is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Meituan after earlier social and group-buying startups.
Ding Lei is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded NetEase in 1997.
Su Hua is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Kuaishou.
Xu Yi is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the video site that became Bilibili.
Charles Chao is a Chinese media executive who led Sina and the listing of Weibo.
Charles Zhang is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Sohu.
Wang Zhidong is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Sina.
Zhou Hongyi is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Qihoo 360.
James Liang is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Ctrip, now Trip.com Group.
Cheng Wei is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded DiDi.
Zuo Hui was a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Lianjia and KE Holdings (Beike).
Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who co-founded Yahoo.
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American engineer who co-founded YouTube.
Anthony Tan is a Malaysian Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Grab.
Zhao Peng is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Kanzhun, operator of Boss Zhipin.