Yang Zhenkun, OceanBase Founder, Retires with Honors Following Groundbreaking Work on Domestic Distributed Database
2025-05-13 / Read about 0 minute
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Yang Zhenkun, the visionary founder and chief scientist of OceanBase, gracefully retired on May 11, marking the 15th anniversary of his tenure at the company. Born in 1965, Yang Zhenkun is a renowned expert in distributed systems and databases, whose career has been intertwined with the technological evolution of China's database industry. In 2010, he spearheaded the development of OceanBase, a pioneering distributed database with 100% independent intellectual property rights, effectively surmounting the formidable technical challenges inherent in distributed database systems.