Also known as USB drives, flash drive, thumb-disk and jump drive, the Pen Drive is a mighty powerful small little device which is able to store audio, video, and data files. These stored files are transferable between computers. What’s wonderful about this device is that this mini-pocket-sized device is able to store up to 256 GB (as at Aug 01, 2009) of data. The pen drive derives its name from the fact that many of these USB drive devices resemble a small pen or pencil in size and shape.

Now whose mighty invention was this Pen Drive? The inventor is an Engineer and president of Phison Electronics Corp. , Pua Khein Seng. Born in year 1978, Pua Khein Seng had his humble beginnings as a Malaysian Citizen in the state of Selangor. He started his primary school education in a Chinese Curriculum School, SJK(C) Yeok Kuan in Sekinchan (Selangor); and continued his secondary education in Pin Hwa Independent School in Klang, before pursuing his Engineering Degree in Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Having stepped foot into Taiwan, little did Khein Seng know that he would spend the next 12 years (since university until present) living in Taipei, Taiwan. Some years after graduating, he and a few engineers, ventured into their own business and started Phison Electronics Corp. in November 2000. Within six months, the young entrepreneurs came up with their first invention – the USB storage device called Pen Drive .

At the age of 27, Khein Seng is a 31 USD Billion Tycoon who invented the most versatile, indispensable computer peripheral today. Respects to this humble Malaysian, Graduate in Taipei!