Fishmonger turned coffee shop tycoon sees joy in giving

Winston Chu has been donating to charities for 15 years or so, hopes to set up foundation

Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong and his wife, Madam Pamela Leow Poh Hoon, gave $300,000 to Sian Chay Medical Institution and $250,000 to Nanyang Technological University in July. Mr Chu's company operates 14 coffee shops - some under the Fu Chan brand - an
Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong and his wife, Madam Pamela Leow Poh Hoon, gave $300,000 to Sian Chay Medical Institution and $250,000 to Nanyang Technological University in July. Mr Chu's company operates 14 coffee shops - some under the Fu Chan brand - and more than 40 food stalls islandwide. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
Theresa Tan
Senior Social Affairs Correspondent
Updated
Sep 24, 2019, 01:57 PM
Published
Sep 23, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Mr Winston Chu Chee Keong, 48, is a secondary school dropout and a fishmonger turned coffee shop tycoon.

And now that the chairman and chief executive of K2 F&B Holdings has made his pot of gold, he is giving at least 10 per cent of his income to charity.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 23, 2019, with the headline Fishmonger turned coffee shop tycoon believes in paying it forward. Subscribe

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