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{{About|the Chinese software company|the defunct German video game company|Kingsoft GmbH}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Kingsoft Corporation<br />
| logo = Kingsoft headquarters.png<br />
| image = Kingsoft headquarters (20191213140717).jpg<br />
| image_caption = Headquarters<br />
| native_name = 金山软件<br />
| native_name_lang = zh<br />
| romanized_name = Jīnshān Ruǎnjiàn<br />
| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />
| traded_as = {{HKEX|3888}}<br />
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|KYG5264Y1089}}<br />
| industry = [[Software industry]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1988}}<br />
| founder = Qiu Bojun<br />
| hq_location_city = [[Beijing]]<br />
| hq_location_country = China<br />
| num_locations = 6 offices<ref name="business" /><br />
| num_locations_year = 2018<br />
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Lei Jun]] ([[chairman]])|Zou Tao ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Ng Yuk Keung ([[Chief financial officer|CFO]])}}<br />
| num_employees = ~7,000<ref name="business" /><br />
| num_employees_year = 2018<br />
| 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>}}<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.kingsoft.com/|kingsoft.com}}<br />
}}<br />
'''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><br />
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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><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:UnifiedKernel 0.2.1-KingSoft WPS.jpg|thumb|260px|Screenshot of the company's software]]<br />
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><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.kingsoft.com/}} {{in lang|zh}}<br />
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