Xu Zhihan

Born in 1972; bachelor's and master's in computer science from Tsinghua University, later an EE master's from Santa Clara University and an EMBA from CEIBS. Worked at Toshiba USA and Atoga Systems, then served as deputy general manager at Hangzhou Zhongtian Micro and Saian Hangzhou before founding Maxscend in Wuxi in 2006, pivoting from DTV RF chips to RF switches and LNAs. General manager since August 2012 and chairman since August 2017; led the June 2019 ChiNext IPO. In February 2026 he divorced Zhang Yu and transferred 17.15 million shares (3.21% of the total) to her, with voting arrangements unchanged and control unaffected.