The organization was registered in Seychelles and founded in April 2018. The exchange was co-founded by Sheen Xin Hu (CEO), Aaron Wagener (COO), and Piotr Brzezinski (CTO). Along with launching the MXC Foundation, Sheen Xin Hu is also the founder and CEO of MatchX.
Sheen Xin Hu holds dual master's degrees: one in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from Technische Universität Berlin, and another in Network and System Administration from Université Pierre et Marie Curie. He has 10 years of tech development experience, having worked as a hardware engineer at Airfy and Relayr, and as a marketing assistant at ASUS. Currently, Sheen Xin Hu is an LPWAN, Docker, and Blockchain evangelist and serves as a core developer at MXC zkEVM.
MEXC is currently operated by Singaporean businessman John Chen, who became CEO in 2021. This was the same year that MXC Exchange was officially rebranded to MEXC Global, now known as MEXC Official.