Min-Liang Tan

Min-Liang Tan
Native name 陈民亮
Born (1977-11-05) November 5, 1977
Singapore
Residence San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality Singaporean
Ethnicity Singaporean Chinese
Citizenship Singapore
Alma mater National University of Singapore
Occupation CEO and Creative Director of Razer Inc.
Known for Co-founding Razer Inc.
Relatives Dr Tan Min Han[1]
Website

Min-Liang Tan (Traditional Chinese: 陳民亮, Simplified Chinese: 陈民亮) is a Singaporean entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of gaming hardware company, Razer Inc.. He directs and oversees the design and development of all Razer products.[2] Tan was a lawyer before he co-founded Razer with Robert Krakoff.[3]

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.[4] Tan has been named one of "The 25 Most Creative People in Tech" by Business Insider together with Jonathan Ive and Gabe Newell.[5] He has also been ranked one of the top 40 most powerful people in gaming by Kotaku in their "The Kotaku Power 40" list.[6] Tan was also ranked No 1 of the 30 top South East Asia tech founders by TechinAsia.[7]

He has also won awards from his alma mater, the National University of Singapore, who has awarded him with the Outstanding NUS Innovator Award[8] in 2011 and as one of their Outstanding Young Alumni [9]in 2015.

Tan has a cult-like following worldwide and his fans have created fansites of him as well as even tattooed Tan's name on themselves.[10]

Tan is a founding member of the Open Source Virtual Reality platform, which aims to create a common standard for VR program design. The next frontier for Razer has been said to lie in the realm of virtual reality, and Tan hopes to create an entire virtual reality industry, citing that the prospects are “phenomenal” in entertainment, health care and military applications.[11]

Early life

Born in 1977 in Singapore to a real estate consultant and homemaker mother, Tan is the youngest of four children in his family. Being raised in Singapore, he is fluent in English and Mandarin. Two of Tan's siblings eventually became doctors, one of whom is the renowned clinician-scientist Min-Han Tan, another became a lawyer, and the last — Tan — an ex-lawyer.

Education

Tan attended Raffles Institution prior to attending university and graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law.[12][13] Tan was ranked top 20[14] in his post-graduate law class when he graduated in 2002.

Career

Prior to founding Razer, Tan was an advocate and solicitor for the Supreme Court of Singapore.[15]

In 1998, Tan and Robert Krakoff (who was GM of kärna) meet and work together to design the world's first gaming mouse - the "Razer Boomslang".[16][17]

In 2005, Tan and Robert Krakoff acquire the rights to the Razer brand and officially incorporate Razer Inc. in San Diego, California. Tan takes on the role of CEO and Creative Director of Razer.[18]

On Mar 31, 2015, Tan was appointed as a board member of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).[19]

Philanthropy

In March 2012, Tan contributed US$10,000 to the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project [20] where he admitted it was to atone for pirating Wasteland when he was a child. Brian Fargo replies that Tan has more than made up for his piracy of the game.[21] Tan is subsequently added into the game as a Ranger. [22]

In November 2014, Tan donated US$10,000 and did the Ice Bucket Challenge in the hope of raising funds for ALS.[23]

In February 2015, Tan donated £10,000 to fight Motor Neuron Disease. The donation was done via Twitch live stream subscription to ProSyndicate. [24]

References

  1. ↑ Tan, Dr Min Han. "RESEARCH AREAS > Research Staff Details Biodevices and Diagnostics". Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. A Star. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Gamesbeat 2009 Speakers
  3. ↑ "Razer CEO Tan Min Liang: "We are our biggest challenge". e27. October 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, Heads Top Tech Leader Rankings 2015". Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  5. ↑ "25 Most Creative People in Tech". The Business Insider. March 2013.
  6. ↑ "These Are The 40 Most Powerful People In Video Games". Kotaku. March 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Southeast Asia’s top 30 tech founders". TechInAsia. October 2015.
  8. ↑ "NUS Enterprise - Awards". enterprise.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  9. ↑ "NUS honours 19 alumni for outstanding contributions to alma mater and society". news.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  10. ↑ kishorekis45 Tweet on Twitter
  11. ↑ "Tan Min-Liang: Gaming Guru". The Peak Magazine Singapore. Aug 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The fourth issue of ONE - The Raffles Institution Alumni Magazine". Raffles Inc. November 3, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  13. ↑ https://law.nus.edu.sg/alumni/pdfs/lawlinkv2n1.pdf
  14. ↑ "Notices". www.lawgazette.com.sg. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  15. ↑ "5 Questions With Razer CEO". CNBC. NBC Universal. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Swordmaster". Prestige Singapore. December 4, 2012.
  17. ↑ "About Razer". Razer.
  18. ↑ "About Razer". Razer.
  19. ↑ "SIM Provost, Razer CEO join Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Board". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Repentent(sic) pirate drops $10,000 in Wasteland 2 fund". vg247. March 14, 2012.
  21. ↑ "$10,000 Worth of Wasteland 2 is Brought to You by Razer". Kotaku. March 14, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Min Liang Tan - Wasteland 2 Wiki". wasteland.gamepedia.com. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  23. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=791410970916687
  24. ↑ Tom Syndicate Tweet on Twitter

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