S teven Meng Yang is a Chinese technology billionaire and the founder and CEO of Anker Innovations, a major global company in the consumer electronics and charging technology space. After a career as a software engineer at Google in the United States, he returned to China and founded Anker in 2011. He identified a major opportunity in the market for high-quality, affordable replacement laptop batteries and other mobile charging accessories, which he initially sold primarily on Amazon.

Under his leadership, Anker has grown into a major global consumer brand, with a wide and diversified portfolio of products that includes portable power banks, wall chargers, charging cables, headphones (under its Soundcore brand), and a range of smart home devices (under its Eufy brand). The company's success is built on its focus on product quality, innovation, and its direct-to-consumer e-commerce model. He took the company public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and his family's large controlling stake is the source of their multi-billion dollar fortune.