Kingsoft

Kingsoft Corporation

Kingsoft headquarters
Native name	金山软件
Romanized name	Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn
Type	Public
Traded as	SEHK: 3888
ISIN	KYG5264Y1089
Industry	Software industry
Founded	1988
Founder	Qiu Bojun
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Number of locations	6 offices (2018)
Key people	Lei Jun (chairman) Zou Tao (CEO) Ng Yuk Keung (CFO)
Number of employees	~7,000 (2018)
Subsidiaries	Seasun Cheetah Mobile Kingsoft Cloud WPS
Website	kingsoft.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, Kingsoft Cloud for cloud storage platforms, and WPS for office software, including WPS Office. It also produced security software known as Kingsoft Security. The most popular game developed by Kingsoft is JX Online 3, launched in 2009.

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

History

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