| 词条 | John Tu |
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|name = John Tu |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}} |birth_place = Chungking, China |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = co-founder of Kingston Technology |residence = Rolling Hills, California |alma_mater = B.S. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt |occupation = businessman |nationality = American |spouse = married |children = 2 |parents = |networth = {{profit}} 5.4 billion USD (March 2017)[1] }}John Tu ({{zh|t=杜紀川|p=Dù Jìchuān|w=Tu Chi-ch'uan}}; born 1940) is a Taiwanese American entrepreneur and philanthropist.[2] He is the co-founder of Kingston Technology.[1][3] Early lifeJohn Tu was born in Chongqing, China and grew up in Taiwan.[1][3] He studied electrical engineering at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, then moved to California.[1][3] CareerIn 1982, he co-founded Camintonn with David Sun.[1] in 1986, they sold it for $6 million and founded Kingston Technology.[1] In 1996, they sold 80 percent of the company to Softbank for $1.5 billion, before buying it back in 1999 for $450 million.[1][4] PhilanthropyHe has supported Erin Gruwell's Freedom Writers and the Freedom Writers Foundation.[5] In 2011, he donated $1.2 million to give every first year medical student at UC Irvine an iPad.[6][1][7] Personal lifeHe is married with two children and plays drums with his band, JT and California Dreamin'.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-tu/ The World's Billionaires: John Tu] March 2017 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tu, John}}{{Taiwan-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=john_tu_07|title=The My Hero Project - John Tu|publisher=}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Business profile: Yin and yang of memory |author=Rosie Murray-West |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2858025/Business-profile-Yin-and-yang-of-memory.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=19 July 2003 |accessdate=22 September 2011}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://moneyinc.com/david-sun-and-john-tu/|title=The Billionaires Who Make Money Every Time You Buy a Phone|date=6 May 2016|publisher=}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kingston.com/asia/press/2007/corporate/01b.asp|title=Kingston Co-Founder Tu Freedom Writers' Benefactor|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101184715/http://www.kingston.com/asia/press/2007/corporate/01b.asp|archivedate=2008-11-01|df=}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/fundraising-los-angeles-grants/john-and-mary-tu-foundation-los-angeles-grants.html|title=John and Mary Tu Foundation: Los Angeles Grants|publisher=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/guide-to-individual-donors/john-tu.html|title=John Tu|publisher=}} 10 : Living people|American billionaires|American computer businesspeople|American electrical engineers|American philanthropists|Chinese emigrants to the United States|Businesspeople from California|People from Rolling Hills, California|Businesspeople from Chongqing|1940 births |
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