Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan with the new Razer Blade laptop.
Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan with the new Razer Blade laptop.
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Veteran exec Gideon Yu joins gaming gadget maker Razer’s board

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Gideon Yu, a veteran executive of high-tech firms and the co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers, has joined the board of gadget maker Razer.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Razer makes gaming laptops and other cool gadgets for super geeks. It has recruited Yu to bring some deep experience in high-tech and financial executive management to the company, Razer said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.