He arrived in the United States in 1950 from Hong Kong to study at Penn Military Academy (now Widener University) before eventually relocating to Chicago, Illinois. In 1964, he founded his first wholly owned company, National Material, a steel processing and distribution company. A prolific entrepreneur, over the next several decades, he would go on to found and acquire over 150 companies. Today, the privately-held Tang group of companies is a multi-billion dollar enterprise with over 40 facilities throughout North and South America and
