Kingston Technology

Summary

Kingston Technology is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,076 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kingston Technology was a member of SD Association^[3].
• Kingston Technology is in the country of United States^[4].
• Kingston Technology is in the country of US^[5].
• Kingston Technology's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Kingston Technology's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Kingston Technology's founder is recorded as John Tu^[8].
• Kingston Technology's founder is recorded as David Sun^[9].
• Kingston Technology is owned by John Tu^[10].
• Kingston Technology is owned by David Sun^[11].
• Kingston Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Fountain Valley^[12].
• Kingston Technology's Commons category is recorded as Kingston Technology^[13].
• Kingston Technology's industry is recorded as random-access memory^[14].
• January 1, 1987 marks the founding of Kingston Technology^[15].
• 1987-10-15 marks the founding of Kingston Technology^[16].
• Kingston Technology's location of formation is recorded as Fountain Valley^[17].
• Kingston Technology's official website is recorded as https://www.kingston.com/^[18].
• Kingston Technology's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/kingston-technology-corporation-history/^[19].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as memory card^[20].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as USB flash drive^[21].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as dynamic random-access memory^[22].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as portable media player^[23].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as SIM card^[24].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as solid-state drive^[25].
• Kingston Technology's product or material produced is recorded as computer memory^[26].
• Kingston Technology's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3000'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300G3INTL3S7CBI07^[28]

• Registered legal name: Kingston Technology Corporation^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-CA^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): H1UM^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[34]

• Entity created: 1987-10-15^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2013-04-01^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-06-10^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2014-04-01^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000598^[40]

• Authority entity ID: C1598471^[41]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Founders include John Tu^[8] and David Sun^[9]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1987^[15] and 1987-10-15^[16]. Kingston Technology's location of formation is recorded as Fountain Valley^[17].

Operations

Kingston Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Fountain Valley^[12].

Industry

Kingston Technology's industry is recorded as random-access memory^[14].

Ownership

Owners include John Tu^[10], an engineer^[43], b. 1940^[44], of United States^[45] and David Sun^[11], a businessperson^[46], b. 1951^[47], of United States^[48]. Products include memory card^[20], USB flash drive^[21], dynamic random-access memory^[22], portable media player^[23], SIM card^[24], and solid-state drive^[25].

Why It Matters

Kingston Technology ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,076 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]