Kingston Technology

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Kingston Technology Corporation

Sign at top of Fountain Valley headquarters, pictured in 2007
Company type	Private
Industry	Storage devices
Founded	1987; 37 years ago (1987) in Fountain Valley, California, United States
Founders	John Tu David Sun
Headquarters	Fountain Valley, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Tu (President) David Sun (COO)
Products	Flash memory cards USB flash drives DIMMs Digital Audio Players SIM cards Solid-state drives
Revenue	US$12.8 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees	3,000 (2015)[1]
Website	kingston.com

Kingston Technology Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products, other computer-related memory products, as well as the HyperX gaming division (now owned by HP).^[2] Headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, United States, Kingston Technology employs more than 3,000 employees worldwide as of Q1 2016. The company has manufacturing and logistics facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Taiwan, and China.

It is the largest independent producer of DRAM memory modules, owning approximately 68% of the third-party worldwide DRAM module market share in 2017, according to DRAMeXchange.^[3] In 2018 the company generated $7.5 billion in revenue and made No. 53 on the Forbes Lists of "America's Largest Private Companies 2019."^[4] Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs.