{"id":"1b89d9be-a96f-48e2-a857-eb8ebfaa95b7","slug":"mark-mak","name":"Mark Mak","bioBrief":"Co-Founder and Director of Roborn Technology, a Hong Kong robotics company he founded in 2017 with Eden Lu and Professor Larry Poon. Invented the Motion Control Humanoid Robot \"ME\" and its control algorithm, the first 5G motion control robot in China. Holds a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2005) and an MPhil in Electronic and Computer Engineering (2008) from HKUST, and an MBA from CUHK (2011). Led Roborn's strategic partnership with ZTE and China Mobile in 2018 for 5G-enabled robotics. Named among Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons for 2024. Roborn is headquartered at Cyberport, Hong Kong.","priorExits":null,"nationality":"Chinese (Hong Kong)","verificationPosture":"verified","aliases":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=1616","title":"Roborn Co-founder - Mark Mak","sourceName":"Roborn"},{"url":"https://alum.hkust.edu.hk/mark-mak","label":"HKUST Alumni","title":"Mark Mak - HKUST Alumni"},{"url":"https://alumni.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/alumni-stories/business-school-outstanding-young-person-hong-kong-iron-man-mark-mak-mba-2011-on-the-path-to-techanisation/","label":"CUHK Business School Alumni","title":"Hong Kong Iron Man Mark Mak (MBA 2011)"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","createdAt":"2026-08-09T02:10:00.342Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-11T17:15:18.442Z","educations":[],"companyRoles":[{"id":"9869d669-ab8c-47e2-97fc-10f9f8243725","personId":"1b89d9be-a96f-48e2-a857-eb8ebfaa95b7","companyId":"e7110a18-7f23-47d4-84d2-5825a68f86ed","role":"founder","roleTitle":"Founder","startDate":null,"endDate":null,"currentRole":true,"roleBasis":"verified_secondary","displayOrder":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-09T02:10:01.108Z","company":{"slug":"roborn","name":"Roborn"}}],"boardRoles":[],"investorRoles":[],"foundings":[{"id":"c19b44a3-3122-4cba-af02-44957bb6127b","personId":"1b89d9be-a96f-48e2-a857-eb8ebfaa95b7","companyId":"e7110a18-7f23-47d4-84d2-5825a68f86ed","foundingDate":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","cofounderStatus":"cofounder","stillAtCompany":true,"createdAt":"2026-08-11T17:15:19.781Z","company":{"slug":"roborn","name":"Roborn"}}]}