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Luo Yonghao

Luo Yonghao (罗永浩) is a Chinese entrepreneur and internet celebrity who founded the smartphone maker Smartisan Technology in 2012, then repaid its debts through Douyin livestream selling.

Luo Yuhao

Luo Yuhao (罗宇皓), born in 1989, is a Chinese games entrepreneur who co-founded miHoYo, developer of Genshin Impact, with classmates Cai Haoyu and Liu Wei.

Luup

Luup (ループ) is a Tokyo-based shared micromobility company founded in 2018 by Daiki Okai that operates the LUUP service for electric kickboards and electric-assist bicycles.

Luxshare Precision Industry

Luxshare Precision Industry is a Chinese precision manufacturer founded in 2004 by Wang Laichun, known for assembling Apple products including AirPods, the iPhone, and the Vision Pro headset.

Lvmama

Lvmama (驴妈妈, "Donkey Mama Travel") was a Shanghai-based online travel agency founded in 2008 by Hong Qinghua, a pioneer of online scenic-ticket sales in China that collapsed in 2024.

M.T. Liao

M.T. Liao (廖敏雄, Liao Min-hsiung) is a Taiwanese businessman who co-founded Asus in Taipei in 1989 with three fellow Acer engineers, starting with Taiwan's first 486 motherboard.

Ma Xintong

Ma Xintong (马昕彤, born 1994) is a Chinese retail entrepreneur from Lanzhou, Gansu, and founder of Zhekouniu (折扣牛), a hard-discount supermarket chain in Zhengzhou with over 600 stores by 2026.

Maarten Alblas

Maarten Alblas (born 1992) is a Dutch entrepreneur who co-founded DataSnipper in 2017, an Amsterdam audit automation company that became a $1 billion unicorn in 2024.

Mabuchi Motor

Mabuchi Motor (マブチモーター) is a Japanese manufacturer of small electric motors, founded in 1954, holding over 80% of the world market for automotive mirror motors.

Macronix International Co., Ltd.

Macronix International Co., Ltd. (旺宏电子) is a Taiwanese integrated device manufacturer of non-volatile memory, producing NOR flash, NAND flash, and mask ROM. Miin Wu founded it in 1989.

Magma Design Automation

Magma Design Automation was a San Jose, California maker of electronic design automation software for chips, founded in 1997 and absorbed by Synopsys in 2012 for about $523 million.

Magnus Nilsson (entrepreneur)

Magnus Nilsson is a Swedish entrepreneur who co-founded the Stockholm payments company iZettle in 2010 with Jacob de Geer, serving as its chief operating officer.

Magnus Nordin

Magnus Nordin is a Swedish technologist who co-founded Embark Studios in Stockholm in 2018 and serves as its Chief Exploration Officer, after about 30 years in research and systems development.

Maher Loubieh

Maher Loubieh (ماهر لوبية) is a Saudi-based fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Hala Payments, serving small businesses in Saudi Arabia, and became Group CEO of HALA in 2025.

Mahmoud Nouh

Mahmoud Nouh, also printed Mahmoud Noah, is an Egyptian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Swvl in 2017, served as COO until 2019, and later co-founded Capiter, a Cairo marketplace that collapsed in 2022.

Maijid Moujaled

Maijid Moujaled is a Ghanaian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Chipper Cash, a San Francisco-based cross-border payments company, in 2018 with Ham Serunjogi, and serves as its President.

Majestar Casino

Majestar Casino (마제스타카지노), a foreigner-only casino in the Jeju Shilla Hotel, Jungmun, Seogwipo, opened 19 April 2013; 42 tables and 86 machines as of 2018, run by Majestar Co. under J-Tech.

Malcolm Rodrigues

Malcolm Rodrigues is a Singapore-based telecommunications executive who co-founded MyRepublic in 2011 and serves as its Group CEO, launching a 1Gbit/s consumer fiber broadband service in January 2014.

Mandiant

Mandiant is an American cybersecurity firm founded by Kevin Mandia in 2004, known for incident response, threat intelligence, and its 2013 APT1 report.

Mandic

Mandic is a São Paulo-based Brazilian technology company founded in 1990 as the Mandic BBS by Aleksandar Mandic, later rebuilt as a corporate cloud provider owned by Claranet.

Manfred Meyer

Manfred Meyer is an e-commerce executive who co-founded and co-led Opontia, a Dubai-based company that buys and operates e-commerce brands, from 2021 until his departure in December 2024.

Manoochehr Sadri

Manoochehr Sadri (منوچهر صدری) is an Iranian technology executive who has led Cafe Bazaar, Iran's most popular Android app marketplace, as CEO since June 2025.

Manycore Tech

Manycore Tech (群核科技) is a Chinese cloud-native spatial design software company based in Hangzhou, founded in 2011, known for the home-design platform Kujiale and its international version Coohom.

Marc Hermann

Marc Hermann is a German-born technology founder and co-founder and CEO of Everlab, an Australian preventive health and longevity company founded in 2023 that had raised $80 million by 2026.

Marcel Birkner

Marcel Birkner is a software engineer who co-founded Dash0 in 2023, an observability company built on OpenTelemetry that reached a $1 billion valuation in 2026.

Marcelo Kalim

Marcelo Kalim is a Brazilian banker who founded C6 Bank, a São Paulo digital bank, in 2018 and serves as its chief executive and main shareholder.

Marcelo Lombardo

Marcelo Lombardo is a Brazilian software entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Omie, a São Paulo cloud ERP provider for small businesses that he started in 2013 with Rafael Olmos.

Marcelo Maisonnave

Marcelo Maisonnave is a Brazilian economist and entrepreneur who co-founded the brokerage XP Investimentos in Porto Alegre in 2001, leaving in 2014 before its 2019 Nasdaq listing.

Marco Cancellieri

Marco Cancellieri is a software developer who co-founded Trade Republic in Berlin in 2015 with Christian Hecker and Thomas Pischke, building its app as Head of Mobile.

Marco Stefanini

Marco Antonio Stefanini is a Brazilian entrepreneur who founded the IT consulting firm Stefanini Group in 1987 and remains its Global CEO, based in São Paulo.