Star Xu is the founder of OKX and established OKX in 2013. In 2006, Xu graduated from Beijing University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics and a Master's degree in Mathematics from Renmin University of China. He dropped out of graduate school to start the group buying website Wantuan.com, and then joined Yahoo China. From 2007 to 2012, Xu Mingxing started his own business again, founding Douding.com, a document sharing service website, and served as the Chief Technology Officer.