Zhe Wang
Founder & CEO at Cocos
Fujian, China
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Top SchoolZhe Wang is a founder and CEO with 14 years building and scaling one of the world’s most-used open-source game engines, having led the creation and evolution of Cocos2d-x and Cocos Creator since 2011. He combines deep technical authorship—hands-on work on engine configuration, build systems and cross-platform integrations—with strategic product and community leadership that helped Cocos power top-grossing mobile games across multiple markets. Based in Fujian, China, he has steered developer relations, promotions and platform growth from architect-level contributions to executive roles, including a VP post driving toolchains like CocoStudio. Zhe pairs an engineering background in electrical and electronics with executive training (EMBA from Tsinghua), reflecting a rare mix of low-level systems expertise and business acumen. An active maintainer of the flagship cocos2d/cocos2d-x repo, he remains focused on elevating Cocos toward tier-1 game engine status globally.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanjing UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA EMBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA EMBA at Tsinghua UniversityMaster's Degree Project Management, Master's Degree Project Management at Xiamen University
chinese / mandarin, English, Mandarin
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Github Skills (9)
doxygen10
cpp10
game-development10
game-engine10
cocos2d-x10
cplus10
android9
build-system9
lua7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cocos2d/cocos2d-x
Feb 2012 - May 2012
Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:82 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Zhe primarily contributed to the configuration and code of the Cocos2d-x game engine. They updated the doxygen configuration, added macros, and updated the version information. Additionally, the user corrected resource file paths in Android build templates and merged master branch updates, indicating maintenance and integration work. These changes suggest a focus on build system and documentation management within the project.
cocos2dmetalc-plus-plusiosdevelopment-tools
walzer/cocos2d-x
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
cocos2dcppc-plus-pluscocos2d-x
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