Creative Technology

Creative Technology Ltd.
Company typePublic
SGX: C76
IndustryConsumer electronics
Founded1 July 1981; 43 years ago (1981-07-01)
Founder
Headquarters31 International Business Park Rd, Lobby C, #03-01, Creative Resource, Singapore 609921
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Song Siow Hui (Interim CEO)
  • Ng Keh Long (CFO)
ProductsMultimedia, IT, Consumer electronics
RevenueIncrease US$61.3 million (2022)[1]
Increase US$-11 million (2022)[1]
Number of employees
800 (2012)[2]
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.creative.com

Creative Technology Ltd., or Creative Labs Pte Ltd.,[3] is a Singaporean multinational electronics company mainly dealing with audio technologies and products such as speakers, headphones, sound cards and other digital media. Founded by Sim Wong Hoo, Creative was highly influential in the advancement of PC audio in the 1990s following the introduction of its Sound Blaster card and technologies;[4][5] the company continues to develop Sound Blaster products including embedding them within partnered mainboard manufacturers and laptops.[6]

The company also has overseas offices in Shanghai, Tokyo, Dublin and the Silicon Valley. Creative Technology has been listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) since 1994.[7]

  1. ^ a b "CREATIVE Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Creative Technology Ltd". Hoover's. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ "About Creative - Creative Companies - Creative Store (Singapore)".
  4. ^ Chalk, Andy; published, Jacob Ridley (5 January 2023). "Sim Wong Hoo, founder of Sound Blaster maker Creative Labs, has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/09/asia_tech_news_roundup/
  6. ^ (C) Creative Labs 1999-2015. "Creative OEM Partners". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "About Creative - Corporate Profile - Creative Store (Singapore)".