While largely unknown outside China, Tencent Holdings has quietly became the largest Asian company by market capitalization and in April broke into top 10 largest companies in the world. Most recently it was already valued at $395 billion. Best known for its messaging app Wechat (Weixin), the number 1 social network and messaging app in China, it is also the biggest gaming company in the world by revenue and one of the most prolific venture capital investors in the world. Through its Wechat ecosystem it is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the fastest growing industries such as mobile payments, online…