David Sun (businessman)
David Sun | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 12, 1951 |
| Alma mater | Tatung University |
| Occupations | Co-founder and COO of Kingston Technology |
| Spouse | Diana Sun |
David Sun (Chinese: 孫大衛; pinyin: Sūn Dàwèi; born 12 October 1951)[1] is a Taiwanese-American businessman and billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and COO of Kingston Technology. As of June 2026, Sun is worth over $103 billion, making him the 19th richest person in the world, per Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[2]
Career
In 1982, Sun and John Tu co-founded Camintonn, a computer memory business, out of a garage. with David Sun.[3][4] In 1986, the pair sold the company for $6 million to now defunct PC maker AST Research.[3][4] However, the following year, both lost most their fortune in the 1987 stock market crash and founded Kingston Technology later that same year.[3]
Sun and Tu founded a new company called Kingston Technology, which produces storage and memory modules, in 1987.[5][6] 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][7]
In 2001, Sun founded the David and Diana Sun Foundation, which contributes towards education and healthcare, mainly in Taiwan.[4][8]
Personal life
David Sun was born in October 1951[9] in Taiwan and was educated at Tatung University. He moved to the United States in 1977.[4][10]
He is married with two children and lives in Irvine, California.[4]
References
- ↑ "金士頓創辦人 孫大衛 差點成為偶像明星｜蘋果新聞網｜蘋果日報". 蘋果新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Billionaires index- David Sun".
- 1 2 3 4 "Forbes profile: John Tu". Forbes. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "David Sun". Forbes. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ Theron Mohamed (February 20, 2026). "2 little-known tech founders are both $14 billion richer this year as AI demand fuels a memory supercycle". Business Insider. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Kingston Technology". Forbes. 17 December 2025.
- ↑ "The Billionaires Who Make Money Every Time You Buy a Phone". 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "David and Diana Sun". insidephilanthropy.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ Immigrant entrepreneurs, job creation, and the American dream: 0160552842 United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration - 1997 "David Sun is a very different — personality-wise, he is very different than me, but we have the same values. David is also a Chinese immigrant from Taiwan and he came to the United States in 1977. "