Background
Tan was born to Chinese immigrant parents from Fujian.
陈觉中, 陳覺中
Tan was born to Chinese immigrant parents from Fujian.
He attended high school at Chiang Kai Shek College and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering.
Tan had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded, then added dishes such as hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken. Tan founded the fast food chain in 1978, after having started it as an ice cream parlor in 1975. Through expansion and acquisitions of Greenwich Pizza Corporation which enabled it to enter the pizza-pasta segment.
As of August 2008, Tan"s has a total of 1,480 stores worldwide including, Red Ribbon, Chowking, Greenwich, Manong Pepe"s, Mang Inasal and Tita Frita"s Uling Uling.
As of November 2015, Forbes estimated his Netto worth at United States$2.6 billion.