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Kingston flogs $3 billion worth of memory

Tale of the two Johns continues
By INQUIRER staff
Fri Feb 17 2006, 12:42
PRIVATELY held Kingston Technology said that it sold $3 billion worth of product in 2005, up 22 per cent from the previous year.

When it first started in 1987 it had two employees - the two Johns. We met the two Johns when Kingston was sold off to Softbank with each of them netting mucho $$$$ - they were smiling.

Then they bought Kingston back and have ran it since - with 2,800 employees worldwide now.

The firsm said sales of flash memory, ValueRAM and PC OEM business continued to drive sales. µ

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