Kingsoft

Kingsoft Corporation (Chinese: 金山软件; pinyin: Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn) is a Chinese software company based in Beijing. The company was founded in 1988 by Qiu Bojun.[2] Kingsoft operates four subsidiaries: Seasun for video game development, Cheetah Mobile for mobile internet apps,[3] Kingsoft Cloud for cloud storage platforms, and WPS for office software, including WPS Office.[4] The company is listed on the Hong Kong stock market.[5] Bojun sold his 15.68% stake in Kingsoft to Tencent in July 2011.[6]

This article is about the Chinese software company. For the defunct German video game company, see Kingsoft GmbH.
Kingsoft Corporation
Native name
金山软件
Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn
Public
Traded asSEHK: 3888
ISINKYG5264Y1089
IndustrySoftware industry
Founded1988 (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 Cloud is a top-level Cloud Computing company in China. It owns data centers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, China, Russia, Southeast Asia, North America, and more.[7]

Its most popular game is JX Online 3, launched in 2009.[8]

History

Chen Rui (zh:陳瑞) served as general manager from 2001 to 2008.[9]

References
  1. http://ir.kingsoft.com/business-overview
  2. https://technode.com/2019/05/09/lei-jun-kingsoft-tech-board/
  3. 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.
  4. Xiaobai Shen (2007). "XIV: A case study of Microsoft and Linux in China". In Kai Jakobs (ed.). Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives. IGI Global. p. 236. ISBN 9781599045610.
  5. Yu, Qianqian (2017). "7.2.1.1 Zhou Hongyi Condemned Kingsoft: "China's First Case of Microblog Marketing" in "Reform and Expansion of Marketing in New Media Environment"". In Yungeng Xie (ed.). New Media and China's Social Development. ISBN 9789811039942.
  6. "Tencent Acquires 15.68% Stake In Kingsoft For HKD900 Million – ChinaTechNews.com". ChinaTechNews.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  7. https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/kingsoft-clouds-blockchain-project-x-attracts-attention-at-e3/
  8. https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results
  9. "Management | Bilibili". ir.bilibili.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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