Meizu

MEIZU Technology Co., Ltd

Meizu Headquarters in Zhuhai, Guangdong
Native name	魅族科技有限公司
Type	Private
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	2003; 14 years ago (2003)
Founder	Jack Wong (Huáng Zhāng)
Headquarters	Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jack Wong (Chairman) Aber Bai (CEO) Li Nan (VP Sales & Marketing)
Products	Smartphones, MP3 player
Revenue	US$ 451.5 million (2013)
Net income	US$ 16.4 million (2013)
Number of employees	3,000 (2015)
Website	Meizu.com

Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 魅族科技有限公司; pinyin: Mèizú Kējì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Chinese consumer electronics company based in Zhuhai, Guangdong. Founded in 2003 by high-school dropout Jack Wong, Meizu began as a manufacturer of MP3 players and later MP4 players. In 2008, Meizu moved its focus to smartphones. Meizu is the 11th smartphone manufacturer in the world, and sold over 20 million units in 2015. In February, 2015, Alibaba invested $590 million in Meizu, acquiring an undisclosed minority stake.

Jack Wong (Huáng Zhāng, 黄章) established Meizu in 2003. Initially a manufacturer of MP3 players, Meizu released their first MP4 player in 2006. Their most notable MP4 player was the M6 Mini Player, which was also marketed by Dane-Elec outside of China.

On April 2007, Meizu officially released the Meizu M8, drawing long queues in front of Meizu stores. The Meizu M8 was highly praised for its sound quality, performance and attractive price. Furthermore, it was one of the first phones to feature a capacitive touchscreen and ran on the Mymobile operating system, based on Microsoft Windows CE 6.0. An upgraded version of the Meizu M8, the Meizu M8SE, was released on October 2, 2009.

On January 1, 2011, the company released the Meizu M9, their first smartphone based on the Android operating system. This device was considered to be a large commercial success in China.

Meizu opened their first branch office outside of China in Hong Kong in 2011. Later that year, they also opened a branch office in Russia.