At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Beijing based CEO’ operating in the Hardware space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Liam Bates
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Kaiterra
Liam Bates is an entrepreneur, television host and adventurer from Switzerland. Bates has founded several companies in China, and in 2017, made the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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About Kaiterra: We create beautiful IoT products to monitor, map and ultimately, improve the world’s air.
Changxun Sun
Founder and CEO of Yuntongxun
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About Yuntongxun: Yuntongxun provides cloud communication services to businesses and developers.
Changxun Sun
Founder and CEO of Yuntongxun
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About Yuntongxun: Yuntongxun provides cloud communication services to businesses and developers.
Dewen Cheng
CEO of NED+AR Display Technology
Dewen Cheng has a doctoral degree in co-cultivation from the University of Arizona and the Beijing Institute of Technology. He is a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology and holds more than 40 international top journal articles in the field of optics. He has breakthrough research in the fields of freeform surfaces, waveguides, and light fields, and has undertaken major research projects in the national display.
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About Beijing Institute of Technology, NED+AR Display Technology: NED+AR Display Technology is an optical modules supplier for augmented reality glasses.
Xiaoning He
Co-Founder and CEO of BMF Precision
Xiaoning He is the co-founder and CEO of BMF Precision.
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About BMF Precision: BMF Precision is a micro-scale 3D printing system manufacturer.
Yang Liu
CEO of Seengene
Entrepreneur. [email protected]
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About Seengene: Seengene is an augmented reality company developing software, hardware such as AR glasses.
Kehan Tian
CEO of Light Theto
Dr. Kehan Tian is CEO at Light Theto Beijing Science and Technology Development Co. He is responsible for the company’s overall strategy, as well as technology development. Prior to the establishment of Yu Guang, 8 years of work in IBM, as (professor level) senior scientist / technical manager, with more than 50 patents for inventions. Tsinghua University has a master’s degree in precision instruments and master’s degree。
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About Light Theto: Reinlight is a diffraction optical solutions provider.

Xuebing Yin
Founder & CEO of MemBlaze
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About MemBlaze: MemBlaze is a Bejing-based memory card producer and solution provider.