WAC Lighting Co-Founders Tai and Tony Wang were honored at Selfhelp’s 2023 Gala recently at Pier Sixty in New York City. Tai and Tony Wang are known for their professional accomplishments in the lighting industry.
The couple are however, more notable for their commitment to bettering the community and world at large, with a special focus on enhancing the vibrant Chinese community of New York.
Through their Glow Foundation and Glow Community Center, Tai and Tony give back to the Chinese-speaking community, providing opportunities for people of all ages to learn, grow and become self-sufficient. And since 2015, Tai has served as an active Board member of Selfhelp and is the Founder and Chair of Selfhelp’s Chinese Advisory Council.
Founded in 1936 to help those fleeing Nazi Germany, Selfhelp is the oldest and largest organization in North America providing comprehensive services to Holocaust survivors. Lessons learned gave way to Selfhelp’s work with other vulnerable populations, and today Selfhelp serves over 5,000 older Chinese immigrants. Many live in one of Selfhelp’s 17 affordable residences, attend Selfhelp’s robust senior centers, and are helped by competent and compassionate Chinese-speaking social workers whose work enables them to live independently with dignity. Despite their enormous success, Tai and Tony are incredibly humble people. They accepted this honor for one reason – to do their part in supporting those who came to these shores for a better life.
Tai has received numerous awards including 2021 Woman of Distinction Honoree from the Speaker of the New York Council; Ellis Island Medal of Honor as Distinguished Civic Leadership Award; President’s Volunteer Service and Leadership Awards from International Leadership Foundation; Humanitarian Service Award and Sponsor Recognition Award from Gift of Life; the Honoree Award from Queens Botanical Garden, and Recognition Award from Selfhelp’s Chinese Advisory Council where she served as an active Board member of Selfhelp and is the Founder and Chair of Selfhelp’s Chinese Advisory Council since 2015.
Currently serving as Chairman of WAC, Tony Wang was nominated Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young and has received many other accolades. Tony is a seasoned business executive/owner and a true gentleman in every sense of the word.
More than four decades ago Tai and Tony Wang came to the U.S. chasing their dreams. With little money, they purchased a grocery retailer in Queens, N.Y. and in 1984 established WAC Lighting, which has evolved into a global company with a vertically integrated design, engineering and production operation while upholding their commitment to excellence and reinvestment.
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