Ray Chan (businessman)

Ray Chan Chin-ching (Chinese: 陳展程; born 1984) is a Hong Kong businessman, known for being the CEO and co-founder of entertainment online platform 9GAG.[1][2] He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-listed MemeStrategy.[3]

Education

Chan grew up in Hong Kong where he and his family lived in a public housing estate.[4] During his university days at the Faculty of Law at University of Hong Kong, Chan was a member of the university debate team.[5]

Career

Chan’s first job upon graduation from the University of Hong Kong was in the legal department of a bank.[6] Following that, he became an anchor as well as a reporter for Now TV. Soon after, he worked at an information technology company as a project manager. In 2007, he joined aNobii as a product manager.

9GAG

While working for aNobii, he launched 9GAG as a side project. In 2011, Chan quit his job to focus on 9GAG.[7] 9GAG was Chan's first successful website; before 9GAG, he established a website to share cosmetics and a website for information on electrical appliances, both of which failed.[5]

9GAG secured $2.8 million seed funding from the United States, including Silicon Valley's startup accelerator, Y Combinator, and venture capital firm 500Global.[8]

As at July 2025, 9GAG has 200 million users across various social media channels.[9]

Memestrategy

In 2022, Chan launched a NFT platform Memeland. In April 2025, Chan acquired a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed Howking Technology International Holdings Limited and renamed it MemeStrategy.[10] Chan became the chairman and CEO of MemeStrategy, and a number of 9GAG executives joined MemeStrategy. The company now focuses on advisory services for digital asset projects.[11]

References

  1. ^ Lo, Andrea. "9GAG: From side project to internet phenomenon". CNNMoney.
  2. ^ "9GAG founders (from left) Marco Fung, Derek Chan, Brian Yu, Ray Chan and Chris Chan". 9GAG. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  3. ^ 麥德銘. "9GAG｜陳展程入主濠暻科技改名MemeStrategy、衝高25%無以為繼 多名9GAG高層加入、CASETiFY吳培燊入董事會". 香港經濟日報HKET (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  4. ^ 信報閱讀智慧-- 「9GAG」陳展程──香港要保持創業精神. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015
  5. ^ a b "智者不襲常——專訪9GAG聯合創辦人陳展程". 《大學線》 (in Chinese). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  6. ^ Chan, Y. (2014, December 18). Ray Chan Accessed March 24, 2015
  7. ^ Gilchrist, Karen (2018-07-17). "This is the moment I knew I should quit my day job and run my start-up full-time: Founder of viral website 9GAG". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  8. ^ "講者資料". HKTDC. 2014. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  9. ^ Chow, Yoyo. "9gag's Ray Chan made memes mainstream. Can he do the same for Web3?". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  10. ^ 李哲毅. "細價股｜濠暻科技正式更名迷策略MemeStrategy 股價落鑊曾炒高26%". 香港經濟日報HKET (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  11. ^ Chow, Yoyo. "9gag's Ray Chan made memes mainstream. Can he do the same for Web3?". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
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