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Who owns Temu?
Temu is run by Whaleco Technology Limited, an Irish company named in its terms of use, and its parent is PDD Holdings, which the sources place in the Cayman Islands and Ireland. As of our check of 28 October 2026, PDD Holdings is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PDD, according to Wikidata and the LEI register.
Checked on by AnyFact's AI Business Check, with a fresh look at Wikidata, the LEI register and the sources linked below.
Ownership chain
From temu.com to its owner
Website
temu.com
Temu's website
Runs the site
Whaleco Technology Limited
Irish company named as the contracting entity in Temu's terms of use
Sources:temu.comwikidata.org
Top owner
PDD Holdings
Commerce group; Cayman Islands and Ireland; founded 2018 per Wikidata
Sources:wikidata.orgwikidata.org
The sources do not all agree
The sources give different dates for the founding of the group: Wikidata (checked 28 October 2026) gives 2018 for PDD Holdings, Umbrex says 2015 and the GLEIF record (updated 2026-07-15) shows creation in 2015. They also name different entities: the terms (Irish Whaleco Technology Limited), the footer (Whaleco Inc) and Forbes (Delaware, Boston).
Leaders and founders
The people behind Temu
Colin Huang (Huang Zheng) · Founder of PDD Holdings; one source says he is its largest individual shareholder
Sources:revenuememo.comumbrex.com
What the registers say
- Register and LEI records
The LEI register lists PDD Holdings Inc. as an active entity under Cayman Islands jurisdiction, with LEI 5493000573DS7005T657. It also lists a company named Temu Beheer B.V. in the Netherlands, but our AI could not confirm automatically that it runs this site.
Sources:search.gleif.orgsearch.gleif.org
- Wikidata, in our check
Known organisation: Temu (Wikidata), founded 2022, part of PDD Holdings
Source:wikidata.org
- Company register, in our check
A company named Temu Beheer B.V. (724500YY0HNESD3AJ483, NL) is registered in the LEI register (GLEIF); our AI could not confirm automatically that it runs this site
Source:search.gleif.org
Dated, from the sources
How Temu's ownership changed
2015
The LEI record shows PDD Holdings was created in April 2015.
Source:search.gleif.org
2022
Temu was founded, as Wikidata records.
Source:wikidata.org
February 2023
The group rebranded to PDD Holdings, according to a third-party article.
Source:revenuememo.com
Our method
How to find out who is behind any other site
Read the site's own legal pages
Terms of use, privacy policy, imprint or legal notice: they name the company you contract with. For temu.com, the operator in the chain above comes from pages like these, from filings or from Wikidata.
Look that company up in a register
Companies House in the UK, SEC EDGAR for US public companies, the French Annuaire des entreprises, and the GLEIF LEI register worldwide give its legal name, number, address and status.
Follow it to its parent
Wikidata records parent organisations, owners and stock listings with dates; annual reports and filings confirm them. Check the date of each source: Wikidata can lag behind a sale.
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Questions about who owns Temu
Who owns Temu?
Wikidata names PDD Holdings as the parent organisation of Temu. Other sources, such as Britannica and the Motley Fool, also call PDD Holdings its parent.
Sources:wikidata.orgbritannica.com
Which company runs temu.com?
The terms of use name Whaleco Technology Limited, an Irish company, as the contracting entity. The footer names Whaleco Inc instead, so the two differ.
Is Temu a Chinese company?
Britannica calls Temu a Chinese e-commerce company. The sources place its parent, PDD Holdings, in the Cayman Islands and Ireland on paper, and one article says its main operations are in Shanghai.
Sources:britannica.comwikidata.org
Is Temu publicly traded?
Temu itself is not listed on its own. Its parent, PDD Holdings, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PDD, according to Wikidata.
Source:wikidata.org
Who is the founder of PDD Holdings, the parent of Temu?
PDD Holdings was founded by Colin Huang, also known as Huang Zheng. He studied computer science at Zhejiang University and earned a master's degree in the US. One source says he is the largest individual shareholder, with an estimated stake of about 25%, though he stepped back from daily management.
Sources:eastisread.comrevenuememo.com
Which legal entities are named on the Temu site?
The terms of use name Whaleco Technology Limited, an Irish company, as the contracting party. The footer of the site shows a copyright for a different entity, Whaleco Inc. Separately, the LEI register lists a company called Temu Beheer B.V. in the Netherlands, but the report could not confirm that it runs the site.
Sources:temu.comtemu.comsearch.gleif.org
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