Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent

We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster
episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-based social networking and
entertainment powerhouse. We dive deep into the story of Pony Ma
and his cofounders’ incredible journey from making software for
pagers(!) to QQ, WeChat, League of Legends, Fortnite, Snapchat
and even Tesla. This is one finale you don’t want to miss!


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Carve Outs:


Ben: President Obama’s OG podcast! https://bit.ly/2BqXxHJ

David: Kara Swisher’s interview with the Google Walkout
organizers: https://bit.ly/2RwuskZ

David (bonus!): Allen Iverson on the Players’ Tribune:
https://bit.ly/2EkrRHQ