Ming Wang

$600 Investment Turns to Gold for Taiwanese Immigrants

Immigrant Entrepreneur: Eddie and Ming Wang | Country of Origin: Taiwan | Emigrated to U.S.: 1978 | Launched Ming Wang: 1986 | Annual Revenue: $15M | Jobs Created: 40 Taiwanese immigrants Eddie and Ming Wang started their business from a kitchen table. Now it’s a $12 million enterprise. When Taiwanese immigrants Eddie Wang spent $600 from his savings to buy […]

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Volver: How to Succeed in the US by Bucking Trends

Immigrant Business Statistics: Name: Natalia Konovalova | Country of Origin: Uzbekistan | Immigrated: 1995 | Companies Founded: Volver Design Group, Le’ Bulga | Co-Founded Volver: 2012 A beauty pageant got Natalia Konovalova out of the Soviet Union, but her trend setting designs have made her a success in America. As a child in Uzbekistan, Natalia […]

Ming Wang Knits Immigrant’s 12-Step Sales Strategy Builds $12 Million Company

Ming Wang Knits: Immigrant’s 12-Step Sales Strategy Builds $12 Million Company

Eddie Wang used smart, aggressive selling to build a $12 million clothing company, Ming Wang Knits, from scratch. Learn how he did it. Eddie Wang didn’t know a soul in the U.S. when he and his wife Ming started looking for contract knitting work in the U.S. in 1978. Today, their clothing line sells in […]

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Supreme Court Tie Deals Blow to Immigration Reform

The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 Thursday over a challenge to President Obama’s immigration policy, leaving in place an appeals court ruling blocking a plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation and allow them to work. Various media reports point to the decision as adding more fuel to an already intensely heated political season. […]

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Stampede: U.K. Immigrant Finds Opportunity in New Markets

Name: Mark Wilkins | Country of Origin: U.K. | Emigrated to the U.S.: 1997 | Launched: Stampede Presentation Products 1998 | Annual Revenues: $120 million | Jobs Created: 85 Like countless immigrants before him, Mark Wilkins came to the United States because it offered limitless opportunity. Wilkins, who headed a British audiovisual company, moved to the […]

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A Delicious Success Story: America’s Taco Shop

Name: America Corrales-Bortin | Country of Origin: Mexico | Emigrated to the U.S.: 1995 | Launched: America’s Taco Shop 2008 | Annual Revenues: $2.4 million | Jobs Created: 150 A field worker’s daughter from Mexico uses her family heritage to build a successful nationwide franchise: America’s Taco Shop. When she arrived from Mexico as a […]

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Trump Doubles Down on Call for Muslim Ban; Obama Fires Back About ‘Radical Islam’ Label

Donald Trump has doubled down on his controversial call for a ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S., saying the massacre in Orlando justified his controversial policy to keep foreign Muslims from entering the country for an indefinite period of time. Trump said he would “suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is […]

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Houston Welcomes “Immigrant’s Guide to Success in the U.S.” on June 18

Immigrant Business Magazine will host its first conference, “The Immigrant’s Guide to Success in the US” on Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Houston, Texas at the Westin Galleria Hotel. This all-day event, sponsored by Nissan and Paychex, will bring together seasoned entrepreneurs, corporations, lenders and government agencies, as well as emerging immigrant-owned firms, and provide information, tools and resources to help […]

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Biz2Credit: Profiting from an Overlooked Market

Immigrant Business Statistics: Name: Rohit Arora | Country of Origin: India | Business name: Biz2Credit | Location: New York, NY | Annual Revenue: $14 Million | Jobs Created: 14 Overlooked immigrant market creates opportunity for Indian entrepreneur. If you want to find an entrepreneur who has made the most of his foreign advantage, Rohit Arora […]