John Tu

President, Kingston Technology

Studied electrical engineering in Germany after family fled from China 1949. Cofounded Kingston Technology with David Sun in 1987; today nation's largest privately held computer memory firm. Company's USB flash drives and flash cards grace cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players. Estimated sales up 22% to $4.5 billion in 2007. Pair started memory-chip outfit Camintonn 1982, sold 4 years later for $6 million, then formed Kingston. Sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, bought it back for just $450 million 3 years later. Plays drums in a band.

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Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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House Majority PAC "holding Republicans accountable and helping Democrats win seats in the House"

• 1 contribution · 1,000,000 USD (Oct 13 '20)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 4 contributions · 80,800 USD ('12)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 3 contributions · 61,200 USD ('10→'12)

California Candidates Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 38,600 USD (Mar 2 '20)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Committee to elect Democratic Congressmembers

• 2 contributions · 35,500 USD (Mar 31 '20→Apr 1 '20)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions

• 1 contribution · 28,000 USD ('08)

David Wu US Representative from Oregon

• 11 contributions · 20,600 USD ('02→'10)

Heidi Heitkamp former US Senator from North Dakota

• 3 contributions · 12,500 USD ('12)

Democratic Party of Oregon

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD ('10)

Ohio Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 9,600 USD ('12)

Schools

Technische Hochschule Darmstadt

• Bachelor of Arts / Science