The company was started in June 2001 by the billionaire entrepreneur Jiang Bin[1] and his wife Hu Shuangmei.

The global headquarters of Goertek is in Weifang, with manufacturing operations in Vietnam.

[7] In 2014, Goertek bought a majority share of Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio.

[3][5] Goertek has collaborated with Beihang University's Qingdao Research Institute on military-civil fusion projects and, in 2016, funded the university's Smart Innovation Technology Research Institute.

[5][9] In 2019, Goertek launched a center in Laoshan, Qingdao with Qualcomm.