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Changing the Game

Setting commercial gains aside, the CEO and co-founder of Razer converts existing manufacturing lines to produce surgical masks amid the global shortage

By Jamie Nonis

When CEO and co-founder Tan Min-Liang announced on Twitter in March that Razer would be making and donating one million surgical masks to combat the spread of coronavirus, the internet went wild with speculation on what a mask by the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers would look like.

Would the company’s trademark triple-headed snake—one of the most recognized logos in the global gaming and e-sports communities—appear on the surgical masks?

Almost immediately, Razer’s existing factory lines in China were reconfigured to manufacture the masks instead of mice and keyboards, with designers and engineers working to accommodate the shift in production.