Education
Tan attended Raffles Institution prior to attending university and graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. Tan was ranked top 20 in his post-graduate law class when he graduated in 2002.
陳民亮陈民亮
Tan attended Raffles Institution prior to attending university and graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. Tan was ranked top 20 in his post-graduate law class when he graduated in 2002.
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 was named "Top 10 Most Influential Leaders in Technical" 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 Technical" 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 Number 1 of the 30 top South East Asia tech founders by TechinAsia.
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. 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.
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 Minister-Han Tan, another became a lawyer, and the last — Tan — an ex-lawyer Prior to founding Razer, Tan was an advocate and solicitor for the Supreme Court of Singapore. In 1998, Tan and Robert Krakoff (who was General Motors of kärna) meet and work together to design the world"s first gaming mouse - the "Razer Boomslang".
In 2005, Tan and Robert Krakoff acquire the rights to the Razer brand and officially incorporate Razer Incorporated. in San Diego, California.
Tan takes on the role of Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director of Razer. In March 2012, Tan contributed United States$10,000 to the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project where he admitted it was to atone for infringing the copyright of Wasteland when he was a child.
Tan is subsequently added into the game as a Ranger. In November 2014, Tan donated United States$10,000 and did the Ice Bucket Challenge in the hope of raising funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . In February 2015, Tan donated £10,000 to fight Motor Neuron Disease.
The donation was done via Twitch live stream subscription to ProSyndicate.
Razer Chief Executive Officer Minister-Liang Tan on the future of game user interfaces at Venturebeat Interview with Minister-Liang Tan Chief Gamer and Chief Executive Officer of Razer at MEGamers Razer Chief Executive Officer on Razer"s Plans for India and Starcraft II at Gameguru.
He is best known as the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director of gaming hardware company, Razer Incorporated. He has also won awards from his alma mater, the National University of Singapore, who has awarded him with the Outstanding NUS Grad. Medical School Innovator Award in 2011 and as one of their Outstanding Young Alumni in 2015.
Tan is a founding member of the Open Source Virtual Reality platform, which aims to create a common standard for VR program design. On March 31, 2015, Tan was appointed as a board member of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).
