Min-Liang Tan
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Gaming hardware
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Residence
- Singapore
- Education
- National University of Singapore (Master of Laws)
Assets
- Razer Inc0 shares @ --1337-HK
Biography
Min-Liang Tan gave up a law career in Singapore to start gaming devices company Razer in 2005.
Its early backers include IDG-Accel, Temasek Holdings, Intel and Li Ka-shing's Horizon Ventures. The company has acquired a huge global following and sold millions of gaming laptops, mice, fitness bands and tablets.
Tan listed the firm in Hong Kong in 2017, raising $529 million.
Tan expanded Razer in Asia with the acquisition of Malaysian virtual currency firm MOL Global, and tie-ups with SingTel, Lazada and China's JD.com.
In 2022, Tan and Lim Kaling, who is a founding investor and director at Razer, took the company private in a deal that valued it at $3.2 billion.
About
Diehard Razer fans sport tattoos of the brand's logo.
Razer acquired THX, the audio company founded by Star Wars director George Lucas, in 2016 and Android smartphone maker Nextbit in 2017.
Tan is a key investor in Lucence, a Singapore- and Palo Alto-headquartered biotech company that provides cancer blood tests, founded by his older Min-Han in 2016.