Is Temu a Chinese company?

Yes, Temu is a Chinese company. It is owned by PDD Holdings, which is based in China.

Who is the CEO of Temu?

Temu does not have a CEO, but its parent company, PDD Holdings, has co-CEOs, Lei Chen and Jiazhen Zhao.

Is Temu privately owned?

Temu is not privately owned. It was launched by PDD Holdings, a publicly traded company under the ticker PDD. PDD Holdings also owns Pinduoduo.

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Who Owns Temu?

By Jeremy Bowman – Updated Jan 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM EST | Fact-checked by Margo Winton Parodi

Key Points

Temu, owned by PDD Holdings, has rapidly expanded globally since its 2022 U.S. launch.
PDD Holdings shows strong growth with Temu contributing, despite separate revenue details lacking.
Investors can buy PDD shares on Nasdaq for indirect exposure to Temu and its sister company, Pinduoduo.

If you shop online, you've likely noticed Temu, the fast-growing e-commerce marketplace. But the owner of Temu is a mystery to most Americans. Temu's parent company, PDD Holdings (PDD -0.73%), is one of China's largest e-commerce companies, and it's employed a similar playbook with Temu as it has with Pinduoduo, its primary business in China.

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NASDAQ: PDD

PDD Holdings

Today's Change

(-0.58%) $-0.59

Current Price

$100.60

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$141B

Day's Range

$99.99 - $101.43

52wk Range

$87.11 - $139.41

Volume

96K

Avg Vol

8.3M

Gross Margin

56.65%

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The competitor to Shein and Amazon (AMZN +0.61%) has grown rapidly by selling a wide range of bargain-priced goods in major international markets, like the U.S. It's advertised aggressively to build brand awareness and interest in its products.

Since launching, Temu has quickly established a presence felt by competitors, consumers, and even in the online advertising industry, where it's spent heavily on digital ads. Temu doesn't report revenue, but its website had 2.11 billion visits in June 2025, and nearly a third of its traffic comes from the U.S., its largest market.

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Individuals

According to the company's 2024 annual report, only one individual was listed as a principal shareholder:

Zheng Huang, 1.41 billion shares, 24.8% ownership

Zheng Huang, also known as Colin Huang, is the co-founder and former CEO of PDD Holdings. Now a billionaire, Huang was part of the team that launched Alphabet's (GOOG -1.48%)(GOOGL -1.44%) Google in China.

After founding PDD in 2015, which was Pinduoduo at the time, Huang stepped down as CEO in July 2020. He gave up his chairmanship the following year, leaving him no formal position in the company. He is now working on food and life sciences research, potentially building on Pinduoduo's innovation in food distribution.

PDD also says its group of nine directors and executive officers owns a combined 76.6 million shares of the stock, 1.3% of the shares outstanding.

Institutional shareholders

Pinduoduo lists two institutional shareholders in its annual report, although third-party sites cite others. Below are the company's top five institutional shareholders.

1. Tencent, 783.5 million shares, 13.8% of shares outstanding

Chinese tech giant Tencent (TCEHY -1.69%), best known as the parent of Chinese super app WeChat, is also a prolific investor, holding stakes in dozens of startups and publicly traded companies.

PDD calls it a collaborator, too, saying it uses WeChat and WeChat Pay in its business. Tencent CEO Haifeng Lin has been on the PDD board of directors since 2017. Tencent became a principal shareholder in PDD in 2017, prior to PDD's U.S. initial public offering (IPO) in 2018. PDD entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Tencent in February 2018.

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2. PDD Partners, 370.8 million shares, 6.5% of shares outstanding

PDD Partners is listed as an institutional shareholder in PDD Holdings. However, the entity is ultimately controlled by Colin Huang, the sole director of the two entities under which PDD Partners is a subsidiary. Its controlling entity is a limited liability holding company in the Virgin Islands.

3. Baillie Gifford, 34.4 million American depositary shares (ADS), 2.4% of shares outstanding

Bailie Gifford is an investment management firm based in Scotland and owns PDD in its worldwide long-term global growth fund.

4. BlackRock, 33.3 million ADS, 2.4% of shares outstanding

BlackRock (BLK -2.03%) is one of the world's largest investment managers, operating several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the iShares brand. It owns PDD Holdings, now one of the largest tech stocks in China, through both ETFs and mutual funds.

5. Vanguard Group, 32 million ADS, 2.3% of shares outstanding

Vanguard Group is another massive investment manager, owning shares of PDD in both its ETFs and mutual funds.

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