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Min H. Kao ( Chinese: 高民環; pinyin: Gāo Mínhuán) is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Garmin, with Gary Burrell, and its chairman.
Dr. Min Kao co-founded Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell in October 1989 to integrate Global Positioning System (GPS) technology into navigation devices for multiple markets. Dr. Kao is credited with the breakthrough design and engineering of the GPS software technology that formed the foundation of the original Garmin product line. As ...
Jun 7, 2024 · 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.
DR. MIN KAO. Executive Chairman. Dr. Min Kao co-founded Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell in October 1989 to integrate Global Positioning System (GPS) technology into navigation devices for multiple markets.
Min H. Kao, born in Chu-Shan, Taiwan, is Executive Chairman of Garmin Ltd., which designs and manufactures navigation and communication equipment. Kao co-founded Garmin in 1989 with the vision of enriching people’s lives by bringing Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to the consumer market.
Mar 16, 2020 · Its founders, Gary Burrell and Min Kao, were engineers at Allied Signal who started the company in 1989, shortly after GPS became available for civilian use.
2021 Great Immigrants. Min Kao. Cofounder and Executive Chairman, Garmin International. Born in: Taiwan. In 1989, Min Kao and another engineer, the late Gary Burrell, pooled their savings and convinced Kao’s relatives to invest in a new company.
