Garmin CEO Min Kao

If you are interested in Garmin, the US market leader in GPS units, then you might be interested to learn a bit more about one of their founders and current CEO, Min Kao. He and co-founder Gary Burrell left Allied Signal in 1989 after being frustrated with the pace of innovation and founded Garmin. Their first product, a $2,500 GPS for aircraft, had a 5,000-unit backlog after an early tradeshow appearance. The rest is history. With a PhD in electrical engineering, Min Kao has the confidence and ability to guide in-house development and manufacturing of their units. They are now selling millions of GPS units to consumers as the market for GPS devices has exploded.
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Posted by Scott Martin at October 10, 2007 7:31 AM