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| name = Kingsoft Corporation
| name = Kingsoft Corporation
| logo = Kingsoft logo.png
| logo = Kingsoft headquarters.png
| image = Kingsoft headquarters (20191213140717).jpg
| image_caption = Kingsoft headquarters
| native_name = 金山软件
| native_name = 金山软件
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| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{HKEX|3888}}
| traded_as = {{HKEX|3888}}
| ISIN = KYG5264Y1089
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|KYG5264Y1089}}
| industry = [[Software industry]]
| industry = [[Software industry]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988}}
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| num_employees = ~7,000<ref name="business" />
| num_employees = ~7,000<ref name="business" />
| num_employees_year = 2018
| num_employees_year = 2018
| subsid = {{Hlist|Seasun|[[Cheetah Mobile]]|Kingsoft Cloud|WPS<ref name="business">http://ir.kingsoft.com/business-overview</ref>}}
| subsid = {{Hlist|Seasun|[[Cheetah Mobile]]|Kingsoft Cloud|[[Kingsoft Office Software]]<ref name="business">{{Cite web|url=http://ir.kingsoft.com/business-overview|title = Business Overview &#124; Kingsoft Corporation}}</ref>}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.kingsoft.com/|kingsoft.com}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.kingsoft.com/|kingsoft.com}}
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'''Kingsoft Corporation''' ({{zh|c=金山软件|p=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,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Xiaomi Way Customer Engagement Strategies That Built One of the Largest Smartphone Companies in the World |author=Li Wanqiang |year=2016 |pages=2–5 |isbn=9781259584534 |publisher=McGraw-Hill}}</ref> Kingsoft Cloud for [[cloud storage]] platforms, and [[Kingsoft Office Software]] for [[office software]], including [[WPS Office]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives |editor=Kai Jakobs |chapter=XIV: A case study of Microsoft and Linux in China |author=Xiaobai Shen |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-inF2Gv9w68C&pg=PT251 |isbn=9781599045610 |year=2007 |publisher=IGI Global |page=236}}</ref> It also produced security software known as Kingsoft Security.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Kingsoft Sets Up Internet Security Subsidiary; 'Kingsoft Internet Security 2011' Launched, Leading Cloud Anti-virus Software in China|url=https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/English/3531/Kingsoft-Sets-Up-Internet-Secu|agency=ACN Newswire|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210125185139/https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/English/3531/Kingsoft-Sets-Up-Internet-Secu|archive-date=2021-01-25|date=2010-04-15|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en}}</ref> The most popular game developed by Kingsoft is [[JX Online 3]], launched in 2009.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


Kingsoft owns data centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, Southeast Asia, and North America.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2018 |title=Kingsoft Cloud's blockchain 'Project-X' attracts attention at E3 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/kingsoft-clouds-blockchain-project-x-attracts-attention-at-e3/}}</ref> The company is listed on the [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Yu, Qianqian |title=New Media and China's Social Development |year=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9789811039942 |editor=Yungeng Xie |section=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"}}</ref>
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'''Kingsoft Corporation''' ({{zh|c=金山软件|p=Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn}}) is a Chinese software company based in [[Beijing]]. The company was founded in 1988 by Qiu Bojun.<ref>https://technode.com/2019/05/09/lei-jun-kingsoft-tech-board/</ref> Kingsoft operates four subsidiaries: Seasun for [[video game development]], [[Cheetah Mobile]] for [[mobile internet]] apps,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Xiaomi Way Customer Engagement Strategies That Built One of the Largest Smartphone Companies in the World |author=Li Wanqiang |year=2016 |pages=2–5 |isbn=9781259584534 |publisher=McGraw-Hill}}</ref> Kingsoft Cloud for [[cloud storage]] platforms, and WPS for [[office software]], including [[WPS Office]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives |editor=Kai Jakobs |chapter=XIV: A case study of Microsoft and Linux in China |author=Xiaobai Shen |chapter-url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-inF2Gv9w68C&pg=PT251 |isbn=9781599045610 |year=2007 |publisher=IGI Global |page=236}}</ref> The company is listed on the Hong Kong stock market.<ref>{{cite book |title=New Media and China's Social Development |editor=Yungeng Xie |section=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" |author=Yu, Qianqian |isbn=9789811039942 |year=2017}}</ref> Bojun sold his 15.68% stake in Kingsoft to [[Tencent]] in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tencent Acquires 15.68% Stake In Kingsoft For HKD900 Million – ChinaTechNews.com |url=https://www.chinatechnews.com/2011/07/11/15439-tencent-acquires-15-68-stake-in-kingsoft-for-hkd900-million |website=ChinaTechNews.com |accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref>


== History ==
Kingsoft Cloud is a Cloud Computing company in China. It owns data centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, Southeast Asia, and North America.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/14/kingsoft-clouds-blockchain-project-x-attracts-attention-at-e3/</ref>
[[File:UnifiedKernel 0.2.1-KingSoft WPS.jpg|thumb|260px|Screenshot of the company's software.]]

The company was founded in 1988 by Qiu Bojun.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2019 |title=China's Microsoft challenger Kingsoft files for Shanghai tech board listing · TechNode |url=https://technode.com/2019/05/09/lei-jun-kingsoft-tech-board/}}</ref> In 2011, Bojun sold his 15.68% stake in Kingsoft to [[Tencent]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tencent Acquires 15.68% Stake In Kingsoft For HKD900 Million – ChinaTechNews.com |url=https://www.chinatechnews.com/2011/07/11/15439-tencent-acquires-15-68-stake-in-kingsoft-for-hkd900-million |website=ChinaTechNews.com |date=10 July 2011 |access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>
Its most popular game is [[JX Online 3]], launched in 2009.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:50, 21 October 2024

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
Company typePublic
SEHK: 3888
ISINKYG5264Y1089
IndustrySoftware industry
Founded1988; 37 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 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "Business Overview | Kingsoft Corporation".
  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 (ed.). Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives. IGI Global. p. 236. ISBN 9781599045610.
  4. ^ "Kingsoft Sets Up Internet Security Subsidiary; 'Kingsoft Internet Security 2011' Launched, Leading Cloud Anti-virus Software in China" (Press release). ACN Newswire. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-13/kingsoft-announces-2019-third-quarter-results [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Kingsoft Cloud's blockchain 'Project-X' attracts attention at E3". 14 June 2018.
  7. ^ 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. Springer. ISBN 9789811039942.
  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.
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