John Tu
President, Kingston Technology Corporation
$32.36B
as of 07/12/26
About John Tu
Kingston Technology CEO John Tu runs the firm, which makes storage and memory products, from a cubicle on sales floor.
With longtime partner David Sun, Tu launched a computer memory business out of a garage and sold it to now defunct PC maker AST a few years later.
After losing a fortune in the stock market in 1987, the pair started Kingston to manufacture surface-mount memory chips.
Tu, a Chinese native who grew up in Taiwan, got an engineering degree in Germany and then immigrated to the U.S. in 1971.
Tu's first jobs in the U.S. included running a one-man gift shop with imported Chinese collectibles and selling commercial real estate.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Computer hardwareResidence
Rolling Hills, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/12/41 (age 84)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Technische Universität DarmstadtSelf-made
self-madeJohn Tu’s fortune is worth
539K
troy ounces of gold
498K
median U.S. household
324K
median U.S. income
0.647%
U.S. credit card volume
0.129%
GDP of the United States
0.095%
United States debt
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Tu met his business partner David Sun, who is 10 years his junior, at a basketball league.
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