Min-Liang Tan | |
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Native name | 陈民亮 |
Born |
Singapore |
November 5, 1977
Residence | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Citizenship | Singapore |
Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
Occupation |
Chief executive officer of Razer Inc. Chief Executive Officer of THX |
Known for | Co-founding Razer Inc. |
Net worth | $600M |
Relatives | Min-Han Tan |
Website | [3] |
Chief executive officer of Razer Inc.
Min-Liang Tan (simplified Chinese: 陈民亮; traditional Chinese: 陳民亮; pinyin: Chén Mínliàng) is a Singaporean entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of gaming hardware company, Razer Inc. and CEO of THX as of May 2017. He directs and oversees the design and development of all Razer products. Tan was a lawyer before he co-founded Razer with Robert Krakoff.
Tan is a board member of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).
Tan was named "Top 10 Most Influential Leaders in Tech" in 2015 by Juniper Research, ahead of other leaders such as Elon Musk of Tesla and Space X and Jack Ma of Alibaba. Tan has been named one of "The 25 Most Creative People in Tech" by Business Insider together with Jonathan Ive and Gabe Newell. He has also been ranked one of the top 40 most powerful people in gaming by Kotaku in their "The Kotaku Power 40" list. Tan was also ranked No 1 of the 30 top South East Asia tech founders by TechinAsia. Tan was named the Asian of the Year in 2016 by the Straits Times. Tan debuted in 2016 on the Forbes Singapore Rich List with a net worth of $600M
He has also won awards from his alma mater, the National University of Singapore, who has awarded him with the Outstanding NUS Innovator Award in 2011 and as one of their Outstanding Young Alumni. in 2015.