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entityType: "person"
canonicalName: "Pony Ma"
aliases: ["Ma Huateng", "马化腾"]
source_timestamps: ["¶23"]
tags: ["executive", "tencent"]
related: ["quote-pony-ma-too-old", "claim-age-diversity-required-for-social-trends"]
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---
## Segment 4 — attention

## Article 68 — a068

# Pony Ma

**Pony Ma** is the founder and CEO of Tencent, cited in the article regarding the danger of management teams aging out of touch with modern consumer trends.

**Role in the source.** He is one of the two named cited voices (the other being the author, [[entity-yang-li|Yang Li]]). His attributed contribution is [[quote-pony-ma-too-old|the quote on the mistake of being too old]], which anchors the claim that [[claim-age-diversity-required-for-social-trends|generational gaps in management hinder trend capitalization]].

**Enrichment context.** Founder and CEO of Tencent, a major Chinese tech conglomerate (WeChat, QQ, gaming); Tencent corporate biography lists him as Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) on tencent.com. He is frequently quoted about innovation, competition, and the risk of being out-of-touch with younger users.