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Giant Interactive Group Inc.
A Chinese online game developer and operator, best known for the massively multiplayer game ZT Online, which helped popularize the free-to-play model in China. Founder Shi Yuzhu, who had earlier built a fortune in health supplements, launched the company in 2004 and named it "Giant" after IBM's "Big Blue" nickname, hoping to match the tech giant's scale.
ADRUnderlying: GACUSIP: 374511103Communication ServicesCN1 holder
American Depositary Shares, each representing one ordinary share — Taken private in July 2014 via B buyout by chairman Shi Yuzhu and consortium; delisted from NYSE