Company:Kingsoft

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Kingsoft Corporation
Native name
金山软件
Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn
TypePublic
Template:HKEX
ISIN[https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Toollabs:isin/&language=en&isin=KYG5264Y1089 KYG5264Y1089]
IndustrySoftware industry
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FounderQiu Bojun
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Number of locations
6 offices[1] (2018)
Key people
Number of employees
~7,000[1] (2018)
Subsidiaries
Websitekingsoft.com

Kingsoft Corporation (Chinese: 金山软件; pinyin: Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn) is a Chinese software company based in Beijing. Kingsoft operates four subsidiaries: Seasun for video game development, Cheetah Mobile for mobile internet apps,[2] Kingsoft Cloud for cloud storage platforms, and WPS for office software, including WPS Office.[3] It also produced security software known as Kingsoft Security.[4] The most popular game developed by Kingsoft is JX Online 3, launched in 2009.[5]

Kingsoft owns data centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, Southeast Asia, and North America.[6] The company is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[7]

History

Screenshot of the company's software.

The company was founded in 1988 by Qiu Bojun.[8] In 2011, Bojun sold his 15.68% stake in Kingsoft to Tencent.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Business Overview | Kingsoft Corporation". http://ir.kingsoft.com/business-overview. 
  2. ↑ Li Wanqiang (2016). The Xiaomi Way Customer Engagement Strategies That Built One of the Largest Smartphone Companies in the World. McGraw-Hill. pp. 2–5. ISBN 9781259584534. 
  3. ↑ Xiaobai Shen (2007). "XIV: A case study of Microsoft and Linux in China". in Kai Jakobs. Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives. IGI Global. p. 236. ISBN 9781599045610. https://books.google.com/books?id=-inF2Gv9w68C&pg=PT251. 
  4. ↑ "Kingsoft Sets Up Internet Security Subsidiary; 'Kingsoft Internet Security 2011' Launched, Leading Cloud Anti-virus Software in China" (in en). 2010-04-15. https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/English/3531/Kingsoft-Sets-Up-Internet-Secu. 
  5. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  6. ↑ "Kingsoft Cloud's blockchain 'Project-X' attracts attention at E3". 14 June 2018. https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/kingsoft-clouds-blockchain-project-x-attracts-attention-at-e3/. 
  7. ↑ Yu, Qianqian (2017). Yungeng Xie. ed. New Media and China's Social Development. ISBN 9789811039942. 
  8. ↑ "China's Microsoft challenger Kingsoft files for Shanghai tech board listing · TechNode". 9 May 2019. https://technode.com/2019/05/09/lei-jun-kingsoft-tech-board/. 
  9. ↑ "Tencent Acquires 15.68% Stake In Kingsoft For HKD900 Million – ChinaTechNews.com". 10 July 2011. https://www.chinatechnews.com/2011/07/11/15439-tencent-acquires-15-68-stake-in-kingsoft-for-hkd900-million. 

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