Min-Liang Tan (Traditional Chinese:陳民亮, Simplified Chinese:陈民亮) is the co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of gaming hardware company Razer USA. He directs and oversees the design and development of all Razer products.Tan Min Liang was born in Singapore and resides in San Francisco. He graduated from NUS law and was a lawyer before he created Razer with Robert Krakoff.
 

Min-Liang Tan was recently elected to the board of the PC Gaming Alliance. In March 2012 he contributed $10,000 USD to the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project.
 

Razer is a privately held computer peripherals manufacturer specializing in products specifically marketed to gamers. Originally started in the 1990s, it suffered a period of dormancy during the millennial change and has then seen a resurgence, with new products released during 2004 and 2005, and has been constantly growing throughout ever since, despite the financial crisis end 2008.The Razer brand is currently being marketed under Razer USA Ltd. Razer's main slogan is 'FOR GAMERS, BY GAMERS'.
 

History

Razer was founded in 1998 by a team of engineers and marketers to develop and market a high end computer gaming mouse, called the Boomslang, targeted specifically to computer gamers. It was positioned as the world's first 2000 dpi mouse and purported to give greater control and accuracy to gamers who used it. Its name in Chinese is 雷蛇 (lit. thunder snake), which is the name for the Round Island Burrowing Boa.
 

Razer was one of the first companies to sponsor gamers, which directly contributed to the emerging pro-gaming phenomenon. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel was among one of twelve of the first wave of Razer sponsored gamers and is still currently active in pro-gaming. Razer was also the first company to sponsor teams and donate prize money for team events Counterstrike in 2001. Razer continues to support major global tournaments and esport gaming teams and individual professional gamers. Razer co-develops their line of products with teams and gamers.