Ray Chan

Chan grew up in Hong Kong where he and his family lived in a public housing estate. During his university days at the Faculty of Law at University of Hong Kong, Chan was a member of the university debate team.

Chan's first job upon graduation from the University of Hong Kong was in the legal department of a bank. Following that, he became an anchor as well as a reporter for Now TV. Soon after, he worked at an information technology company as a project manager. In 2007, he joined aNobii as a product manager.

9GAG

While working for aNobii, he launched 9GAG as a side project. In 2011, Chan quit his job to focus on 9GAG. 9GAG was Chan's first successful website; before 9GAG, he established a website to share cosmetics and a website for information on electrical appliances, both of which failed.

9GAG secured $2.8 million seed funding from the United States, including Silicon Valley's startup accelerator, Y Combinator, and venture capital firm 500Global.

As at July 2025, 9GAG has 200 million users across various social media channels.