John Tu
| John Tu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (age 76–77) Chongqing, China |
| Residence | Rolling Hills, California |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | B.S. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | co-founder of Kingston Technology |
| Net worth |
 5.4 billion USD (March 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | married |
| Children | 2 |
John Tu (Chinese: 杜紀川; pinyin: Dù Jìchuān; Wade–Giles: Tu Chi-ch'uan; born 1940) is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Kingston Technology.
John Tu was born in Chongqing, China and grew up in Taiwan. He studied electrical engineering at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, then moved to California.
In 1982, he co-founded Camintonn with David Sun. in 1986, they sold it for $6 million and founded Kingston Technology. In 1996, they sold 80 percent of the company to Softbank for $1.5 billion, before buying it back in 1999 for $450 million.
He has supported Erin Gruwell's Freedom Writers and the Freedom Writers Foundation. In 2011, he donated $1.2 million to give every first year medical student at UC Irvine an iPad.
He is married with two children and plays drums with his band, JT and California Dreamin'.
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