Rating Robert Kuan

Rating Robert Kuan – Founder of Chowking by Winston Marbella

The author commenced the article with a very graphic description of his Saturday afternoon meet up with Robert Kuan, the founder of Chowking. He was welcomed by Mr. Kuan to his “high-rise residence way up in the sky” and they had tea. They chatted about the achievements, principles and events that lead to the present success of Mr. Kuan. While being greatly captivated by the collection of tea the author was being served, he was rating in his mind Mr. Kuan based on the ten qualities of a good company.

The main focus of the article is to tell the story of Mr. Kuan and to determine what his rating is out of 10 qualities.

From investing.businessweek.com, here’s a brief profile summary of Mr. Robert Kuan:

Mr. Robert F. Kuan founded Chowking Food Corporation and served as President from 1985 to March 2000. Mr. Kuan has been the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Luke's Medical Center. He serves as Chairman of Creative Dining Incorporated, Goodview Seafood Restaurant and Hot Café. He serves as Trustee of Far Eastern College-Silang, Inc. He has been a Trustee of St Luke's College of Medicine since 1996 and Brent International School of Manila since 1989. Mr. Kuan has been an Independent Trustee at Far Eastern University, Inc. since 2004. He has been an Independent Director of China Banking Corporation since 2005. He is a recipient of several awards and citations in the field of business, such as Business Leadership Award (Pillar Category) from Aurelio Periquet, Jr. Foundation, TOFIL Awardee in the field of Business and Entrerpreneurship for the year 2003, Agora Awardee for entrepreneurship, Triple-A Awardee of AIM, Outstanding Alumnus of the University of the Philippines (UP) in the field of Business, 1999 Franchise Excellence Awardee from the Philippine Franchise Association, 1999 Most Outstanding Professional Awardee in the field of Business Administration from UP Alumni Association, among others....