Min Kao & family
$6.04B
as of 10/04/24
About Min Kao & family
Min Kao cofounded GPS maker Garmin with the late Gary Burrell in 1989, after the duo led development of the first GPS navigator at Allied Signal.
Kao is executive chairman of the navigation firm, which has annual revenue of about $5 billion and makes everything from GPS for cars to weather radar for airplanes.
Garmin has brought GPS navigation and wearable technology to the automotive, outdoor, fitness, aviation, and marine markets.
Kao stepped down as CEO in 2012 but remains executive chairman and a member of the board.
Kao came to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 1970s and got a master's and a Ph.D. in engineering at the University of Tennessee.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Navigation equipmentResidence
Leawood, KansasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/10/49 (age 75)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, National Taiwan University; Doctorate, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Master of Science, University of Tennessee KnoxvilleSelf-made
self-madeMin Kao & family’s fortune is worth
101K
troy ounces of gold
93K
median U.S. household
60K
median U.S. income
0.121%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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Garmin is a mix of the first names of cofounders Gary Burrell and Min Kao.
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