https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/6/15/17467348/oneplus-6-vs-oppo-r15-pro-vivo-bbk > If you’re an Android fan in the Western world, much of your recent attention will likely have gone to the OnePlus 6. But ever since OnePlus burst into view years ago, claiming to be a small manufacturer that’d outgun bigger rivals with online sales and smart cost-cutting, there’s been speculation over who’s really behind the project. > OnePlus co-founder and CEO Pete Lau is formerly of huge Chinese phone brand Oppo, which is widely reported to be part of an even bigger company called BBK Electronics that also houses fellow Chinese megabrand Vivo. Oppo and Vivo were co-founded by Duan Yongping, a Chinese billionaire who rarely gives interviews, and his company BBK has almost no public-facing presence — surprising, given that Oppo and Vivo’s combined shipments are substantial enough to make it the fourth-largest phone company in the world.