Dowson Tong joined Tencent in 2005 and currently serves as Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent，and CEO of the Cloud and Smart Industries Group. 

Since 2018, Dowson has led Tencent's Cloud and Smart Industries Group (CSIG, hereafter), promoting the company's strategic planning and development in cloud and industrial internet, as well as jointly overseeing advertising and marketing services. Dowson previously served as President of Tencent's Social Network Group, overseeing the development strategies of QQ communication, social networking platforms, valueadded services, and open platforms.

With a vision and mission of "Value for Users, Tech for Good" , Dowson leads the CSIG to create innovative solutions. With forward looking technologies and professional capabilities, the CSIG continues to focus on sectors such as transportation, retail, healthcare, education, finance, and industry, helping various sectors accelerate digital transformation and upgrading.

Before joining Tencent, he worked at Sendmail Inc., where he led the development of operator scale email and messaging systems. He also worked at Oracle, where he managed the development and testing of its servers and applications.

Dowson earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.