Published mark
Garmin
GARMIN LTD
NYSE: GRMN. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628
- SEC CIK
- 0001121788
- Website
- www.garmin.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 22, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Not published
- Chair
- Min H. Kao
- Independent
- 4 / 66 directors published
- Published claims
- 294 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 50 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 5 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Susan M. Ball seat on Garmin, effective 2024-01-01.
EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2024E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Board of directors
Evidence6 directors published. 4 of 6 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine A. Lewis | Independent | 2019 | AuditAudit; Compensation · Chair; NominatingCompensation, chairNominating | Source reportedE3 |
| Clifton A. Pemble | Not independent | 2004 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Jonathan C. Burrell | Independent | 2018 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating · ChairNominating, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Joseph J. Hartnett | Independent | 2013 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Compensation; NominatingCompensationNominating | Source reportedE3 |
| Min H. Kao | Not independentChair | 2000 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Susan M. Ball | Independent | 2024 | AuditAudit; Compensation; NominatingCompensationNominating | Source reportedE3 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Joseph J. Hartnett | Joseph J. Hartnett, Catherine A. Lewis, Susan M. Ball | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating | Not published | Joseph J. Hartnett | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating | Not published | Catherine A. Lewis | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation; Nominating | Not published | Susan M. Ball | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Catherine A. Lewis | Catherine A. Lewis, Jonathan C. Burrell, Joseph J. Hartnett, Susan M. Ball | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating · Chair | Not published | Jonathan C. Burrell | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating | Jonathan C. Burrell | Jonathan C. Burrell, Catherine A. Lewis, Joseph J. Hartnett, Susan M. Ball | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Joseph J. Hartnett; Members Joseph J. Hartnett (Chair); Catherine A. Lewis; Susan M. Ball
Committee AppointmentJoseph J. Hartnett: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentCatherine A. Lewis: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentSusan M. Ball: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Catherine A. Lewis; Members Catherine A. Lewis (Chair); Jonathan C. Burrell; Joseph J. Hartnett; Susan M. Ball
Committee AppointmentCatherine A. Lewis: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentJonathan C. Burrell: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentJoseph J. Hartnett: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentSusan M. Ball: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating: Chair Jonathan C. Burrell; Members Jonathan C. Burrell (Chair); Catherine A. Lewis; Joseph J. Hartnett; Susan M. Ball
Committee AppointmentJonathan C. Burrell: chair, Nominating
Committee AppointmentCatherine A. Lewis: member, Nominating
Committee AppointmentJoseph J. Hartnett: member, Nominating
Committee AppointmentSusan M. Ball: member, Nominating
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingGRMN (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 15, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NYSE: GRMN | current | Dec 12, 2012 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameGARMIN LTD
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.garmin.com
Published FactUS
Published FactSwitzerland
Published FactTechnology
Published Facthttps://www.garmin.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- LeadershipNot reviewed. Executive leadership carries operating authority.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Catherine A. LewisIndependent Directorcompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:10
- Clifton A. PembleDirectorcompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:11
- Jonathan C. BurrellIndependent Directorcompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:12
- Joseph J. HartnettIndependent Directorcompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:13
- Min H. KaoExecutive Chaircompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:9
- Susan M. BallIndependent Directorcompany:36360cf3-8bc3-4f4a-93ef-406496a3f628:leadership_role:14
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 5 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E2GARMIN LTD Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-18). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Apr 22, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E4board_seats. sec def 14a. Cited by 14 Claims.
- E5Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026- Susan M. Ball seat on Garmin, effective 2024-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation; Nominating committee of Garmin, effective 2024-01-01.
- Susan M. Ball member of Audit; Compensation; Nominating, effective 2024-01-01.
- Catherine A. Lewis seat on Garmin, effective 2019-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating committee of Garmin, effective 2019-01-01.
- Catherine A. Lewis member of Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating, effective 2019-01-01.
- Jonathan C. Burrell seat on Garmin, effective 2018-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating · Chair committee of Garmin, effective 2018-01-01.
- Jonathan C. Burrell member of Compensation; Nominating · Chair, effective 2018-01-01.
- Joseph J. Hartnett seat on Garmin, effective 2013-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating committee of Garmin, effective 2013-01-01.
- Joseph J. Hartnett member of Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating, effective 2013-01-01.
- Clifton A. Pemble seat on Garmin, effective 2004-01-01.
- Min H. Kao seat on Garmin, effective 2000-01-01.
- Min H. Kao chairs board Garmin, effective 2000-01-01.