John Tu was born in Chongqing, China. He was the son of an official in China's Nationalist government. He moved to Shanghai with his parents in 1945, before going to Taiwan two years later as the Chinese civil war neared the coast.[3][2][4] John felt totally lost at school. He describes himself as a mediocre student unable to attend the best Chinese colleges. Therefore, John moved in 1960 to Germany. He wanted to study electrical engineering, but John didn't know how to speak German. He knew how to speak a few sentences in English. So after several weeks, he went out on the street to find someone who spoke English. A biker led him to a priest who had lived in China, and sent him to a language school in Munich. In Germany at that time, a two-year apprenticeship was required for everyone, so he worked at a shipbuilding factory. After working there for two years, he studied electrical engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany and graduated in 1970. He then went to work for Motorola in Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1971 he moved to California.[3][2]
Career
In 1982, he co-founded Camintonn with David Sun.[3] in 1986, they sold it for $6 million and founded Kingston Technology.[3] In 1996, they sold 80 percent of the company to Softbank for $1.5 billion, before buying it back in 1999 for $450 million.[3][5]
Philanthropy
In 2021 Tu made a donation to the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation that enabled the Pulitzer Prize-winning Storm Lake (Iowa) Times to buy its local competition and a weekly in an adjoining county.[6] He has supported Erin Gruwell's Freedom Writers and the Freedom Writers Foundation.[7] In 2011, he donated $1.2 million to give every first year medical student at UC Irvine an iPad.[8][3][9]
Personal life
He is married with two children and plays drums with his band, JT and California Dreamin'.[3]
john, chinese, 杜紀川, pinyin, jìchuān, wade, giles, born, august, 1941, chinese, american, billionaire, businessman, philanthropist, founder, kingston, technology, born, 1941, august, 1941, chungking, chinanationalityamericaneducationdiplom, electrical, engineer. John Tu Chinese 杜紀川 pinyin Du Jichuan Wade Giles Tu Chi ch uan born August 12 1941 is a Chinese American billionaire businessman and philanthropist 1 He is the co founder of Kingston Technology 2 John TuBorn 1941 08 12 August 12 1941 age 81 Chungking ChinaNationalityAmericanEducationDiplom in electrical engineeringAlma materTechnische Hochschule DarmstadtOccupationBusinessmanKnown forCo founder of Kingston TechnologySpouseMarriedChildren2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Philanthropy 4 Personal life 5 ReferencesEarly life EditJohn Tu was born in Chongqing China He was the son of an official in China s Nationalist government He moved to Shanghai with his parents in 1945 before going to Taiwan two years later as the Chinese civil war neared the coast 3 2 4 John felt totally lost at school He describes himself as a mediocre student unable to attend the best Chinese colleges Therefore John moved in 1960 to Germany He wanted to study electrical engineering but John didn t know how to speak German He knew how to speak a few sentences in English So after several weeks he went out on the street to find someone who spoke English A biker led him to a priest who had lived in China and sent him to a language school in Munich In Germany at that time a two year apprenticeship was required for everyone so he worked at a shipbuilding factory After working there for two years he studied electrical engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany and graduated in 1970 He then went to work for Motorola in Wiesbaden Germany In 1971 he moved to California 3 2 Career EditIn 1982 he co founded Camintonn with David Sun 3 in 1986 they sold it for 6 million and founded Kingston Technology 3 In 1996 they sold 80 percent of the company to Softbank for 1 5 billion before buying it back in 1999 for 450 million 3 5 Philanthropy EditIn 2021 Tu made a donation to the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation that enabled the Pulitzer Prize winning Storm Lake Iowa Times to buy its local competition and a weekly in an adjoining county 6 He has supported Erin Gruwell s Freedom Writers and the Freedom Writers Foundation 7 In 2011 he donated 1 2 million to give every first year medical student at UC Irvine an iPad 8 3 9 Personal life EditHe is married with two children and plays drums with his band JT and California Dreamin 3 References Edit The My Hero Project John Tu a b c Rosie Murray West 19 July 2003 Business profile Yin and yang of memory The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 22 September 2011 a b c d e f g Forbes profile John Tu Forbes Retrieved 8 January 2020 Kingston Technology and the power of memory Fortune Retrieved 2019 07 27 The Billionaires Who Make Money Every Time You Buy a Phone 6 May 2016 Des Moines Register The Des Moines Register Kingston Co Founder Tu Freedom Writers Benefactor Archived from the original on 2008 11 01 John and Mary Tu Foundation Los Angeles Grants John Tu This Taiwanese business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Tu amp oldid 1118135545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
