Mingxing Xu (; born 1985), commonly referred to as Star Xu, is a Chinese businessman best known as the founder and CEO of OKX.
Education and early career Xu was born in Shuangjiang, Tongdao, in Hunan, China and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in Applied physics from the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Xu dropped out of his Master’s program in Physics at the Renmin University of China to found Wantuan.com, a Groupon-inspired group buying website. He later joined Yahoo China as an engineer.
In 2007, Xu co-founded the document-sharing website Docin.com and served as its chief technology officer (CTO) until 2012.
Career In 2013, Xu co-founded cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin, which was later rebranded to OKX, which Xu officially launched in 2017 in Hong Kong.
In 2019, Xu acquired a controlling stake in Leap Holdings, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed firm, for US$60 million. Leap has been rebranded to OKG Technology Holdings Limited, a financial technology and construction company.
In 2021, an Entrepreneur article estimated his personal net worth at US$1.4 billion.
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