The Razer brand began in 1998 with the Boomslang gaming mouse, developed under Karna in San Diego. Karna went bankrupt in 2001. In 2005, Robert Krakoff and Min-Liang Tan relaunched Razer as an independent company.
Krakoff became the public face of the young company and used the name RazerGuy. He pushed Razer to release a left-handed gaming mouse. Under the co-founders the company grew from a mouse maker into a gaming hardware, software and fintech business.
Razer went public on the Hong Kong stock exchange on November 14, 2017, under the code 1337. Krakoff stayed on as an adviser with the title of president emeritus.
Krakoff died on April 26, 2022, at the age of 81. Razer announced his death. The company was taken private in May 2022 and left the Hong Kong exchange.