Min Kao

This is a Chinese name; the family name is 高 (Kao).

Min H. Kao (simplified Chinese: 高民环; traditional Chinese: 高民環; pinyin: Gāo Mínhuán) is the co-founder of Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell. As of January 2010, his personal wealth was estimated at $1.6 billion.^[1]

He was born in 1949 in a small town in Taiwan called Jhushan in Nantou.

Before founding Garmin, Min Kao served as a systems analyst at Teledyne Systems. Min Kao graduated from National Taiwan University with a BS degree then joined the University of Tennessee, where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and was involved in research for NASA and the U.S. Army.

The Min Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building

May 14, 2007, groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted for the new Min Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building on the University of Tennessee's engineering campus.

UT alumnus Kao committed in June 2005 to a transformational gift of $17.5 million to the College of Engineering. This was the largest private donation in UT history to that date. A total of $12.5 million from the donation is designated for the construction of the new facility. ^[2]

References

1. ^ Karmin, Craig (January 6, 2010). "CEO of GPS Maker Locates a New Home". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064044026522456.html?mod=djkeyword. Retrieved January 6, 2010. 
2. ^ Min Kao Home page at Univ of Tennessee http://www.eecs.utk.edu/minkao

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