Founder Profile
Michael Gan
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Michael Gan?
Michael Gan is a founder of KuCoin, which was founded in 2017 with Eric Tang and Johnny Lyu.
- Company founded
- KuCoin
- Founded
- 2017
- Co-founders
- Eric Tang and Johnny Lyu
Background
Chinese technology entrepreneur; detailed education history is not publicly confirmed.
Founding Story
Chun 'Michael' Gan co-founded KuCoin in 2017 and was its first CEO before becoming KuGroup chairman in 2020. Under a January 2025 deferred prosecution agreement with US prosecutors he forfeited $2.7 million and stepped away from KuCoin's management. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
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