Garmin Ltd. , incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is the parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao , that develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System. Its subsidiary Garmin International, Inc. serves as headquarters for the Garmin Limited companies and is located in Olathe, Kansas in the United States. The largest operating subsidiary and primary production facility of Garmin Limited is Garmin Corporation , located in Sijhih City, Taiwan, a district of New Taipei. Gary Burrell, born in 1937, earned a... degree in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University and a graduate degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He went to work for King Radio, a manufacturer of aviation radios in 1963 just six years after that company was started by Edward King, Jr. in a farmhouse in Olathe. A certificated pilot, Burrell led development on some of King’s most successful navigation and communications products. The King Radio company went on to supply Boeing with aircraft radio equipment starting in 1969.
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| NASDAQ symbol: | GRMN |
| Founded: | 1989 |
| Headquarters: | Olathe, Kansas |
| Annual revenue: | $3,494,080,000 |
| Net income: | $732,850,000 |
| Operating income: | $862,020,000 |
| Market cap: | $22,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Technology, Backpacking |