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John Tu is the co-founder of Kingston Technology.[1][2]
[edit] Biography
John Tu was born in Chongquing, China and grew up in Taiwan.[1][2] He studied electrical engineering at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, then moved to California.[1][2]
In 1982, he co-founded Camintonn with David Sun.[1] in 1986, they sold it for $6 million and founded Kingston Technology.[1] In 1996, they sold 80 percent of the company to Softbank for $1.5 billion, before buying it back in 1999 for $450 million.[1]
He has supported Erin Gruwell's Freedom Writers and the Freedom Writers Foundation.[3] In 2011, he donated $1.2 million to give every first year medical student at UC Irvine an iPad.[1] He plays drums with his band, JT and California Dreamin'.[1] As of September 2011, he is the 400th richest person in the world, and the 130th richest in the United States.[4][1] He is worth US$ 2.8B.[1][4] He is married with two children, and he lives in Rolling Hills, California.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Forbes profile
- ^ a b c Rosie Murray-West (19 July 2003). "Business profile: Yin and yang of memory". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2858025/Business-profile-Yin-and-yang-of-memory.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Kingston Co-Founder Tu Freedom Writers' Benefactor". http://www.kingston.com/asia/press/2007/corporate/01b.asp.
- ^ a b The Forbes 400: The Richest People in America
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