Gary Burrell Cofounder & Chairman Emeritus / Garmin International Dr. Min Kao Cofounder, Chairman & CEO / Garmin International

The Global Positioning System still was in its infancy in the mid-1980s, when Gary Burrell and Min Kao recognized its commercial potential for aviation, land mobile, marine, automotive and recreational uses, among other new markets. AlliedSignal, Burrell's and Kao's employer at the time, didn't...

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