Min Kao
Min H. Kao is a Taiwanese-born American electrical engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell. As of August 2017, his personal wealth was estimated at $3 billion.
- 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.
- Min Kao is executive chairman of $3.3 billion (sales) navigation firm Garmin, which 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.
