Min Kao

Does anyone have a GPS to find my fortune? Net worth down $2.9 billion in past 12 months as shares of Global Positioning System outfit Garmin down 64% since January. Met partner Gary Burrell at AlliedSignal. Produced Global Positioning System navigation tools for pilots and sailors. Started marketing GPS units to directionally challenged drivers in 1998; demand for navigation technology flourished last year. Sales up 28% to $1.6 billion in first half of 2008.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Garmin Ltd.

• Chief Executive Officer

Board Memberships

Garmin Ltd.

• Board Member

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Dennis Moore US Representative from Kansas

• 6 contributions · 8,416 USD ('02→'08)

Pat Roberts Former US Senator from Kansas (1997-2021); former US Representative (1981-1997)

• 3 contributions · 5,000 USD ('07→'11)

Kris Kobach Kansas AG, former Secretary of State

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('04)

Schools

National Taiwan University

• Bachelor of Arts / Science

University of Tennessee Knoxville

• Doctorate