Pua Khein-Seng (; born 29 June 1974, is the inventor of

USB flash drive A flash drive (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive/pendrive) is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc, and u ...

. In an interview with '' The Star'', the CEO of Phison Electronics Corp based in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

had incorporated the world's first single chip

. He is regarded as the "father of pendrive".

Early life

Pua was born parents of a modest background and raised in Sekinchan,

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, He completed his schooling at Pin Hwa High School, Klang,

. Pua received his undergraduate education in electrical control engineering at the

National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) was a public research university in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After the Chinese ...

and has since then resided in Taiwan.

Honours

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MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the

Order of the Defender of State The Order of the Defender of State () is the sole order of chivalry of the state of Penang which was constituted in 1967 by then Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Dato' Seri Utama Raja Uda Raja Muhammad to recognize eminent contributions of individuals t ...

(DSPN) – Dato' (2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pua, Khein-Seng 1974 births Living people Malaysian businesspeople Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian expatriates in Taiwan National Chiao Tung University alumni People from Selangor