DJI

Chinese drone manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, exemplifying the climax innovation stage of the Shenzhen manufacturing ecosystem. Founded in 2006, DJI leveraged Shenzhen's full-stack hardware capabilities to dominate the global consumer drone market.

DJI reached $4B in revenue, becoming the world's leading consumer drone company - a product category that could only emerge from Shenzhen's unique concentration of design, prototyping, components, and manufacturing.