Name
Micree Zhan
Micree Zhan
Beijing, China
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Shandong University | Master of Science in Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Cryptocurrency mining chips, Self Made
$2,700,000,000
838
#838 Billionaires 2019
#72 China Rich List 2018
Zhan is the cofounder and co-CEO of Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain Technologies.Bitmain is China's largest digital currency mining company, specializing in selling ASIC-chip miners.Zhan graduated from Shandong University in 2001 with a degree in electrical engineering, and later built the ASIC chips that power Bitmain's hardware.Bitmain filed for an IPO in mid-2018, but it postponed those plans as the price of bitcoin plummeted, making Bitmain's business much less profitable.
Zhan reportedly first met cofounder Jihan Wu through a chance encounter on the street in Beijing, while Zhan was working on a startup to develop TV set-top boxes.
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