People · #66 of 100 Net worths as of Sep 24, 2026
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David Sun

Computer Hardware
Net worth
$35.4B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
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Companies

Kingston Technology Corporation (private; Fountain Valley, CA; revenue $14.4B in 2025)Co-founder
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Role
Co-founder (1987, with John Tu), COO
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Private deals

Kingston's revenue was $14.4B in the last full year, making it Forbes' 27th-largest US private company. An AI-driven…Feb 2026
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Kingston's revenue was $14.4B in the last full year, making it Forbes' 27th-largest US private company. An AI-driven memory-chip supply crunch added ~$14B combined to Sun's and Tu's wealth by Feb 2026 (Bloomberg Billionaires data)
Date
2026-02-22
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Real estate

Irvine, California (listed residence)residence · as of 2026-09
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Giving

Foundation run by David and Diana Sun giving grants to education programs for under-served youth in the US and Taiwan (legal name not confirmed)
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Sun Family Foundation (Irvine, CA; David Sun, president & chairman) — total assets $70.2M, expenses $7.7M (tax year 2023 990-PF data); latest 990-PF filed 2025-11-03EIN 33-0868088
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Research gaps: Pass 2 identifies the foundation's legal name and EIN (Sun Family Foundation, 33-0868088) from ProPublica officer listings. Kingston's stake split is still unverified from an accessible source: Bloomberg's profile returned 403, and a search summary says Tu 50% / Sun the balance.

What to watch

Memory-chip price cycle (AI-driven DRAM/NAND shortage) drives Kingston's value and his net worth
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