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Min Kao Biography and Net Worth

Chairman of Garmin

Dr. Min H. Kao is a Taiwanese-American billionaire businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of GPS device manufacturer, Garmin.

Following the development of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator at Allied Signal, Kao and the late Gary Burrell shared a vision to bring GPS technology to consumers. The duo co-founded Garmin in 1989 with Kao engineering the GPS software that formed the foundation of the company’s product line.

Under his leadership, Garmin became the global leader in satellite navigation by creating products for the outdoor, fitness, mobile, automotive, aviation and marine industries. The company has reached $3.3 billion of sales through Garmin’s vertical integration of the conception, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of their products.

Kao is the executive chairman and member of the board of the location-based computing company. He stepped down as Garmin’s CEO in 2012.

Before founding Garmin, Kao worked as a systems analyst at radio navigation and fire control company, Teledyne Systems. He also designed the Kalman filter algorithms for GPS user equipment at Magnavox Advanced Products and led the engineering group at King Radio Corporation.

Heralding from a small Taiwanese town, Kao graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1973 before moving to the U.S. on a student visa to complete his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee. During this time, Kao was involved in GPS research for NASA and the U.S. Army.

Kao and his wife, Yu-Fan, generously support engineering and science education. In 2005, Kao made the largest private donation in the history of the University of Tennessee of $17.5 million to create the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He’s also supported the electrical and computer engineering programs at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.

Kao and his wife spend a majority of their time in New York City. They have two children, Ken and Jen.

What is Min H. Kao's net worth?: The estimated net worth of Min H. Kao is at least $343.67 million as of October 21st, 2019. Dr. Kao owns 1,644,429 shares of Garmin stock worth more than $343,669,217 as of December 21st. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other investments that Dr. Kao may own. Additionally, Dr. Kao receives an annual salary of $384,430.00 as Chairman at Garmin. Learn More about Min H. Kao's net worth.
How old is Min H. Kao?: Dr. Kao is currently 75 years old. There are 6 older executives and no younger executives at Garmin. Learn More on Min H. Kao's age.
What is Min H. Kao's salary?: As the Chairman of Garmin Ltd., Dr. Kao earns $384,430.00 per year. There are 5 executives that earn more than Dr. Kao. The highest earning executive at Garmin is Mr. Clifton Albert Pemble, President, CEO & Director, who commands a salary of $1,260,000.00 per year. Learn More on Min H. Kao's salary.
How do I contact Min H. Kao?: The corporate mailing address for Dr. Kao and other Garmin executives is MUHLENTALSTRASSE 2, SCHAFFHAUSEN V8, CH-8200. Garmin can also be reached via phone at (152) 630-1600 and via email at [email protected]. Learn More on Min H. Kao's contact information.
Has Min H. Kao been buying or selling shares of Garmin?: Min H. Kao has not been actively trading shares of Garmin during the last quarter. Most recently, Min H. Kao sold 181,375 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.23, for a transaction totalling $16,909,591.25. Learn More on Min H. Kao's trading history.
Who are Garmin's active insiders?: Garmin's insider roster includes Sean Biddlecombe (Director), Douglas Boessen (CFO), Jonathan Burrell (Director), Patrick Desbois (EVP), Min Kao (Chairman), Matthew Munn (Director), Clifton Pemble (President, CEO & Director), and Philip Straub (Director). Learn More on Garmin's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Garmin?: During the last twelve months, insiders at the scientific and technical instruments company sold shares 15 times. They sold a total of 119,431 shares worth more than $17,640,960.74. The most recent insider tranaction occured on November, 7th when Director Sean Biddlecombe sold 587 shares worth more than $123,328.70. Insiders at Garmin own 19.5% of the company. Learn More about insider trades at Garmin.
Information on this page was last updated on 11/7/2024.

Min H. Kao Insider Trading History at Garmin

Transaction Date	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
11/6/2019	Sell	181,375	$93.23	$16,909,591.25
11/4/2019	Sell	255,436	$94.01	$24,013,538.36
11/1/2019	Sell	254,517	$94.88	$24,148,572.96
10/30/2019	Sell	132,131	$94.27	$12,455,989.37
10/21/2019	Sell	38,879	$87.21	$3,390,637.59	1,644,429
10/17/2019	Sell	85,229	$87.32	$7,442,196.28	1,644,429
10/11/2019	Sell	98,347	$87.39	$8,594,544.33	1,644,429
8/26/2019	Sell	53,985	$79.06	$4,268,054.10	1,779,429
8/15/2019	Sell	241,179	$76.81	$18,524,958.99	1,779,429
8/13/2019	Sell	448,427	$78.41	$35,161,161.07	1,779,429
8/9/2019	Sell	199,486	$78.23	$15,605,789.78	1,779,429
8/7/2019	Sell	414,102	$76.51	$31,682,944.02	1,779,429
8/5/2019	Sell	430,636	$75.42	$32,478,567.12	1,779,429
8/1/2019	Sell	842,410	$78.37	$66,019,671.70	1,779,429
7/29/2019	Sell	209,982	$78.68	$16,521,383.76	1,799,429
7/26/2019	Sell	187,844	$78.52	$14,749,510.88	1,799,429
7/24/2019	Sell	206,163	$79.38	$16,365,218.94	1,799,429
7/22/2019	Sell	166,831	$80.81	$13,481,613.11	1,799,429
7/19/2019	Sell	199,860	$81.22	$16,232,629.20	1,799,429
7/17/2019	Sell	354,299	$81.04	$28,712,390.96	1,799,429
7/15/2019	Sell	416,769	$79.51	$33,137,303.19	1,799,429
7/12/2019	Sell	148,948	$79.75	$11,878,603.00	1,799,429
7/10/2019	Sell	362,080	$79.09	$28,636,907.20	1,799,429
7/8/2019	Sell	86,077	$79.47	$6,840,539.19	1,799,429
7/5/2019	Sell	103,767	$79.40	$8,239,099.80	1,799,429
7/3/2019	Sell	87,325	$80.30	$7,012,197.50	1,799,429
7/1/2019	Sell	196,836	$79.53	$15,654,367.08	1,799,429
6/28/2019	Sell	116,124	$79.78	$9,264,372.72	1,799,429
11/6/2018	Sell	479,645	$64.82	$31,090,588.90	1,799,429
11/2/2018	Sell	678,401	$66.13	$44,862,658.13
10/30/2018	Sell	200,000	$62.41	$12,482,000.00	1,799,429
10/22/2018	Sell	75,000	$62.27	$4,670,250.00	1,799,429
10/19/2018	Sell	175,428	$62.45	$10,955,478.60	1,799,429
10/17/2018	Sell	250,000	$62.89	$15,722,500.00	1,799,429
10/15/2018	Sell	75,000	$62.47	$4,685,250.00	1,824,429
10/12/2018	Sell	125,000	$62.82	$7,852,500.00	1,824,429
10/10/2018	Sell	125,796	$65.38	$8,224,542.48	1,901,429
9/28/2018	Sell	18,316	$69.69	$1,276,442.04	1,901,429
9/24/2018	Sell	95,814	$69.70	$6,678,235.80	1,901,429
8/30/2018	Sell	9,010	$67.92	$611,959.20	1,901,429
8/27/2018	Sell	222,766	$64.93	$14,464,196.38	1,901,429
8/23/2018	Sell	295,361	$64.95	$19,183,696.95	1,901,429
8/21/2018	Sell	606,873	$65.10	$39,507,432.30	1,901,429
8/16/2018	Sell	6,617	$64.54	$427,061.18	1,908,046
8/14/2018	Sell	358,798	$63.89	$22,923,604.22	2,258,046
8/10/2018	Sell	392,951	$64.36	$25,290,326.36	2,597,695
8/8/2018	Sell	200,000	$64.27	$12,854,000.00	3,009,795
8/6/2018	Sell	495,515	$64.89	$32,153,968.35	3,462,299
8/2/2018	Sell	400,000	$64.11	$25,644,000.00	4,081,102
7/30/2018	Sell	100,701	$62.17	$6,260,581.17	4,225,203
7/27/2018	Sell	150,000	$63.22	$9,483,000.00	4,425,904
7/23/2018	Sell	150,360	$64.07	$9,633,565.20	4,608,666
7/18/2018	Sell	111,551	$63.94	$7,132,570.94	4,818,208
7/16/2018	Sell	235,881	$63.01	$14,862,861.81	4,966,882
7/13/2018	Sell	35,664	$63.39	$2,260,740.96	4,966,882
7/11/2018	Sell	370,832	$62.48	$23,169,583.36	5,377,290
7/9/2018	Sell	100,000	$61.88	$6,188,000.00	5,377,290
7/6/2018	Sell	63,852	$61.04	$3,897,526.08	5,527,290
7/2/2018	Sell	70,183	$61.04	$4,283,970.32	5,611,325
6/28/2018	Sell	18,316	$61.00	$1,117,276.00	5,611,325
6/20/2018	Sell	50,000	$61.19	$3,059,500.00	5,680,856
6/18/2018	Sell	50,000	$61.08	$3,054,000.00	5,680,856
6/11/2018	Sell	151,218	$61.64	$9,321,077.52	5,811,913
6/8/2018	Sell	50,000	$61.32	$3,066,000.00	5,811,913
6/6/2018	Sell	150,000	$61.30	$9,195,000.00	5,982,074
6/4/2018	Sell	50,000	$61.17	$3,058,500.00	5,982,074
6/1/2018	Sell	100,000	$61.03	$6,103,000.00
5/18/2018	Sell	225,451	$59.77	$13,475,206.27	6,232,074
5/16/2018	Sell	301,128	$59.25	$17,841,834.00	6,232,074
5/11/2018	Sell	300,000	$59.39	$17,817,000.00	6,858,653
5/8/2018	Sell	450,000	$59.71	$26,869,500.00	7,158,653
5/3/2018	Sell	695,130	$60.74	$42,222,196.20	8,053,783
4/30/2018	Sell	250,000	$58.82	$14,705,000.00	8,303,783
4/26/2018	Sell	50,000	$58.37	$2,918,500.00	8,303,783
4/24/2018	Sell	100,150	$58.35	$5,843,752.50	8,403,783
4/18/2018	Sell	111,457	$60.06	$6,694,107.42	8,507,347
3/20/2018	Sell	262,611	$60.04	$15,767,164.44	8,760,554
3/16/2018	Sell	150,000	$60.05	$9,007,500.00	8,760,554

Min H. Kao Buying and Selling Activity at Garmin

Garmin Company Overview

Garmin Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of wireless devices worldwide. Its Fitness segment offers running and multi-sport watches; cycling products; smartwatch devices; scales and monitors; and fitness accessories. This segment also provides Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are web and mobile platforms where users can track and analyze their fitness, activities and workouts, and wellness data; and Connect IQ, an application development platform. The company's Outdoor segment offers adventure watches, outdoor handhelds and satellite communicators, golf devices, consumer automotive devices, and dog devices, as well as InReach and Gramin response communication device. Its Aviation segment designs, manufactures, and markets various aircraft avionics solutions, including integrated flight decks, electronic flight displays and instrumentation, navigation and communication products, automatic flight control systems and safety-enhancing technologies, audio control systems, engine indication systems, traffic awareness and avoidance solutions, ADS-B and transponders, weather information and avoidance solutions, datalink and connectivity solutions, and various services. The company's Marine segment provides chartplotters and multi-function displays, cartography products, fishfinders, sonar products, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays and sensors, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wearable devices, sailing products, audio products and accessories, digital switching products, and trolling motors. Its Auto segment offers embedded domain controllers and infotainment units; and software, map database, cameras, wearables, and automotive solutions. The company sells its products through independent retailers, dealers, distributors, installation and repair shops, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as online webshop. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Today's Range

Now: $208.99

$203.69

$210.04

50 Day Range

MA: $200.02

$161.57

$220.73

2 Week Range

Now: $208.99

$119.15

$222.97

Volume

2,543,632 shs

Average Volume

863,044 shs

Market Capitalization

$40.13 billion

P/E Ratio

26.52

Dividend Yield

1.42%

Beta

0.97

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Min Kao Biography and Net Worth

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