Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut. | dG1fYUxLdWdHS2dKc1E
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00:00 Donut time
00:02 Very tasty
00:05 Uncle Ted has a very interesting
00:08 reputation in our family
00:11 What I heard about him is that he had a lot of money
00:15 I had a lot of donut shops Duncan Donuts found it so hard to break into the LA market that in the late 90s
00:20 They gave up
00:22 They call me donut King
00:27 Ted opened up 70 donut shops and he gave Cambodian refugees a chance to really make it in America
00:32 I sponsor more than 100 family. It's spread like wildfire. You know so fast so fast
00:38 One time he estimates his wealth at something like 20 million dollars
00:43 President Bush senior flew from the White House to give me a presidential award for achieving American dream life was good
00:50 Imagine a man with nothing penniless come to the most powerful country
00:57 He's the world and he built something I
00:59 Lost everything believe me everything
01:03 He wasn't the perfect man they lost all these donut shops because of gambling you would do anything for money
01:11 It just get worse and worse if I report it. He goes to jail the hell is going on
01:16 Uncle Ted brought us here to survive
01:20 We're a country built by immigrants
01:25 And I believe they will make the contribution to a better America
01:29 Wow what a memory
01:38 You
01:40 You
01:42 (dramatic music)
01:45 (music)