Kingsoft

Kingsoft Corporation 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 Kingsoft Office Software 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

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. Business Overview | Kingsoft Corporation^
  2. Li Wanqiang. The Xiaomi Way Customer Engagement Strategies That Built One of the Largest Smartphone Companies in the World McGraw-Hill, 2016^
  3. Xiaobai Shen. Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives IGI Global, 2007^
  4. Kingsoft Sets Up Internet Security Subsidiary; 'Kingsoft Internet Security 2011' Launched, Leading Cloud Anti-virus Software in China 2010-04-15, retrieved 2021-01-25^
  5. https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results^
  6. Kingsoft Cloud's blockchain 'Project-X' attracts attention at E3 14 June 2018, retrieved 22 April 2020^
  7. Yu, Qianqian. New Media and China's Social Development Springer, 2017^
  8. China's Microsoft challenger Kingsoft files for Shanghai tech board listing · TechNode 9 May 2019^
  9. Tencent Acquires 15.68% Stake In Kingsoft For HKD900 Million – ChinaTechNews.com ChinaTechNews.com, 10 July 2011, retrieved 11 November 2018^