1. Top 10 A/PIA Most Successful Entrepreneurs AMCULT214 Tammy Leung
2. Introduction According to the 2000 Census, the rate of being self-employed of Asian Americans is the highest among the minorities. And the rate of self-employment is increasing in a large number. Even though there are so many Asian Americans having their own businesses, not much of the entrepreneurs are recognizable to the public. I choose this topic because of the personal interest in the business field and I would like to know how influential are the A/PIA American entrepreneurs in America business world.
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4. Entrepreneurs that are not active in the business or are retired are not included because I want the people on the list are still influential to the United States.
5. I first research and make a list of APIA entrepreneur from the internet.
6. Then, I make sure the people on the list are A/PIA instead of Asians or Pacific Islanders. They have to be U.S. citizen or resident of Asian descent.
7. From the list, I selected 10 of them according to the amount of money they made, the company size and the number of employees.
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9. Linksys has grown to be the number one provider of networking hardware through consumer retail in North America owning more than 40 percent of the market.
10. Linksys is the leading vendor of wireless, broadband routers, USB and networking hardware in both the retail and e-commerce sales
11. Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Business Development, Linksys Division of Cisco Systems, Inc.;
12. She is noteworthy because she is one of the few successful women entrepreneurs
18. He is significant because his company one of the largest herbal products firms in the United States, with 300,000 distributors around the world and sales of $700 million
23. Also the founder of Plainview Properties, a real estate firm which recently announced a major development in Plainview, New York: Old Plainview - a traditional village combining townhouses, apartments, offices, restaurants, a Hyatt hotel and recreation space using “smart growth” concepts.
24. He is significant because CA, Inc. maintains 150 offices in more than 45 countries.It is the 10th largest software company in the world. And it employs 37000 people (March 31,2008)
27. Received his BS and MA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania
28. The CEO of of Amkor Electronics, Inc. since 1968
29. Founded The Electronics Boutique Inc. ("EB"), the predecessor to Electronics Boutique, the first mall kiosk sold calculators, digital watches in 1977
30. Amkor Electronics has developed unique expertise in high-volume manufacturing techniques and have diversified and expanded our operational scope by establishing production centers in strategic locations throughout Asia.
31. He catches my attention because his company has 20,033 employees worldwide and had $1.9 billion in sales in 2004. And he has factories around the world in China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States
37. Took the Retail Group public on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2006, and continues as the main shareholder.
38. The Golden Eagle Retail Group is an operation of high-end department stores all over China, being especially dominant in the developing Jiangsu province.
39. net worth has more than doubled since January 2009 as shares of his Golden Eagle Retail Group surged 170%
40. Forbes estimates his fortune is $2000 million, ranking him #158 among the richest Americans in 2009.
45. as American president of a Taiwanese keyboard company. In 1987 he founded a company called Keypoint Technology Corp., changing its name to ViewSonic in 1990
46. He catches my attention because ViewSonic is a well known company; it is the leading seller of color computer monitors and related products in the United States, with sales of nearly $1 billion in 1998, up from $4 million in 1987.
50. Formed Kingston Technology in 1996, which is the nation's largest privately held computer memory outfit; products grace cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players.
51. He is significant because Forbes estimates his fortune is $2500 million, ranking him #123 among the richest Americans in 2009.
55. Holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University
56. Co-created in April 1994 with David Filo an Internet website consisting of a directory of other websites called "Jerry and Dave's Guide to the World Wide Web". It was renamed "Yahoo!“
57. Director of American Internet Corporation, PipeLinks, Inc., Growth Networks, Inc. and Combinet, Inc
58. Serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems, Yahoo! Japan, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
59. He is significant because he is one of the most recognizable Asian American entrepreneurs and I guess most people know Yahoo!
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61. He founded American Pharmaceutical Partners in 1997. Soon-Shiong joined the faculty of UCLA Medical School in 1983. He left UCLA in 1991 to start VivoRx, a diabetes research firm.
62. He is significant because his company develops technology that offer patients and medical professionals safer and more effective treatments for cancer and other critical illnesses.
63. And Forbes estimates his fortune is $4000 million, ranking him #65 among the richest Americans in 2009.
66. He also is Chairman of the Hong Kong University Council and the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council.
67. He catches my attention because he owns the global outsourcing firm Li & Fung which supplies clothes, furnishings, toys to many well-known retailers in America, including Disney, Abercrombie & Fitch, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Target. Sales up 25% to $14 billion in 2008; shares up 15% since last summer.
68. Forbes estimates his fortune is $2600 million, ranking him #118 among the richest Americans in 2009
