David Sun
COO, Kingston Technology Corporation
$12.07B
as of 07/05/24
About David Sun
David Sun cofounded and helps run Kingston Technology, which makes storage and memory products, as COO from a cubicle on the sales floor.
With longtime partner John Tu, Sun launched a computer memory business out of a garage and sold it to now defunct PC maker AST a few years later.
The pair started Kingston by making surface-mount memory chips after losing most of their first fortune in the stock market.
Sun and his wife, Diana, have a foundation that provides grants to education programs for under-served youth in the U.S. and Taiwan.
The company's name comes from one of John Tu's favorite bands, the Kingston Trio.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Computer hardwareResidence
Irvine, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
10/12/51 (age 72)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Tatung UniversitySelf-made
self-madeDavid Sun’s fortune is worth
201K
troy ounces of gold
186K
median U.S. household
121K
median U.S. income
0.241%
U.S. credit card volume
0.048%
GDP of the United States
0.035%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Sun met longtime business partner John Tu in a basketball league in 1978.
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