Garmin

Garmin Ltd. (shortened to Garmin, stylized as GARMIN, and formerly known as ProNav) is an American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, United States, with headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. Since 2010, the company is legally incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Garmin Ltd.
Company typePublic
ISINCH0114405324
IndustryTechnology
FoundedOctober 1989 (1989-10) (as ProNav) in Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters
Key people
Cliff Pemble (President & CEO)
Min Kao (Chairman)
Doug Boessen (CFO)
ProductsGPS receivers, avionics, wearable technology
Revenue US$4.86 billion (2022)
US$1.03 billion (2022)
US$974 million (2022)
Total assets US$7.73 billion (2022)
Total equity US$6.20 billion (2022)
Number of employees
19,700 (2022)
Subsidiaries
  • Garmin International Inc.
  • Garmin (Asia) Corporation
  • Navigon
  • DeLorme
  • Navionics
  • FUSION Entertainment
  • Dynastream Innovations
  • Tacx
Websitegarmin.com
Footnotes / references

The company specializes in GPS technology for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sport activities. Due to their development in wearable technology, they have also been competing with activity tracker and smartwatch consumer developers such as Fitbit and Apple.

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