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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Min_KaoMin Kao - Wikipedia

    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.. In 2011, Kao was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for leadership in developing and commercializing compact GPS navigation devices.

  2. 2 days ago · #581 Min Kao & family on the 2024 Billionaires - Min Kao cofounded GPS maker Garmin with the late Gary Burrell in 1989, after the duo led development of

  3. Dr. Min Kao | Garmin Board of Directors | Garmin. Skip navigation links. Smartwatches . Products . All Smartwatches Design Your Own Watch Watches for Women Fashion & Hybrid Smartwatches MARQ Luxury Watch Collection Running Multisport & Triathlete Adventure Swimming Diving Golf Fitness & Health Tracking Just for Kids.

  4. Dr. Min Kao is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Garmin. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University and an MS and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Kao is a dedicated advocate for higher education.

  5. 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. (The muscular-sounding Garmin is ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GarminGarmin - Wikipedia

    Garmin Ltd. (shortened to Garmin, stylized as GARMIN, and formerly known as ProNav) is an American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, United States, with operational headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. Since 2010, the company is legally incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. ...

  7. Oct 19, 2023 · OLATHE, Kan./October 19, 2023/PR Newswire – Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced that co-founders Dr. Min Kao and the late Gary Burrell have been named to the prestigious National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF). The annual awards ceremony recognizes a select group of air and space pioneers for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the aviation and […]

  8. 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. Working out of an office that started with just two folding chairs, they founded Garmin, a portmanteau of their first names. It is now a multibillion-dollar company employing more than 17,000 people ...

  9. 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. ...

  10. About. 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 executive chairman, Dr. Kao provides ongoing ...

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