Kingston DataTraveler Exodia USB Stick

Kingston Technology is a legendary name in the memory industry, originally founded by John Tu and David Sun in 1987 in Orange County, California. The DataTraveler series, including the Exodia model shown, is one of the world's most recognizable lines of USB flash drives. The brand established its reputation early on by producing SIMM memory modules during a severe shortage, eventually evolving into a global powerhouse in both consumer and enterprise storage solutions.

While the company is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, manufacturing for Kingston products is highly globalized. Most production takes place in East Asia, specifically in large-scale facilities in Taiwan and China, allowing for the high-volume distribution required for the global tech market. Kingston remains an independent private company, making it one of the largest privately held technology companies in the United States, retaining its leadership through consistent innovations in SD cards, solid-state drives, and high-performance gaming peripherals under the Kingston FURY sub-brand.