Background
He is the eldest son of Fung King Hey, the legendary founder of Sun Hung Kai (SHK) Finance in Hong Kong.
Businessman founder philanthropist
He is the eldest son of Fung King Hey, the legendary founder of Sun Hung Kai (SHK) Finance in Hong Kong.
He graduated from Magee High School in Vancouver. During the 1970s, Fung studied film-making on the side at New York University when he was sent to New York City to train at the Merrill Lynch brokerage firm.
Time Magazine (Canadian edition) named him one of the most influential people in Canada. In 2011, he received an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia. Fung spent most of his teen years in Hong Kong, emigrating to Canada in 1967.
He took baking courses in Japan during his 20s.
When he returned to Vancouver in 1984, he founded the first of four Saint Germain Bakery outlets. Then he went back to Hong Kong, staying 10 years and starting a film-production company, an advertising agency and a public relations firm.
He was also worked for his father at Sun Hung Kai & Company In 1984, Thomas Fung moved to Vancouver.
Fung built North America’s first and largest Asian-themed shopping and entertainment venture, Aberdeen Centre in Richmond.
In 2008, he established Sea Land Air Flight Centre, an advanced flight training school for both commercial and private pilots. Fung’s Fairchild Group owns and operates two national television stations, five multicultural radio stations, local largest Chinese language magazine, an e-commerce Information Technology company in Canada. On top of his business endeavours, Fung provides significant philanthropic support to non-profit organizations such as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Royal Conservatory of Music, Children’s Hospital, United Way, World Vision, and others