James Arthur "Jim" Watkins (born November 1963)[1] is an American businessman and the operator of the imageboard website 8chan and textboard website 2channel. Watkins founded the company N.T. Technology in the 1990s to support a Japanese pornography website he created while he was enlisted in the United States Army. After leaving the Army to focus on the company, Watkins moved to the Philippines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Watkins_(businessman)
Personal life
After high school, [Rong] Watkins moved to China.[2] Watkins lived with his father in Manila in the Philippines in the 2010s.[18][8] As of January 2021, Watkins was living in Japan;[46] in October 2021 he moved to Arizona.[51]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Watkins