WAHOO'S FISH TACOS

Have you ever felt the need to follow your own destiny? Well Wing Lam, Ed Lee and Mingo Lee, the creative and business forces behind WAHOOS FISH TACOS decided to do just that. The three brothers were born in Brazil to Chinese immigrants who fled communist China in 1951. The family eventually moved to Southern California and opened a Chinese restaurant.  Although raised in the family business they fell in love with the surfing lifestyle. Wing Lam came up with the idea of selling fish tacos in a surfing interior design setting.  With $30,000 he borrowed from his dad, he set up shop in Orange County in 1998. Creating their own wave of success they now have 23 locations in Southern California and Colorado, over 350 employees and grosses over $20 million.

U.S. TOOLING & SPAS, INC. 

Juan M. Orozco (909-923-5521) came to this country at the age of 20 with the hope of bettering his life after being raised as a farmer in Mexico. That he did – he became a multimillionaire! After years of making spas for another company, he decided to start his own business, U.S. TOOLING & SPAS, INC.  Utilizing $12,000 from the only people that wanted to invest - his family, Juan set-up shop in his home garage. Today, with over 55 employees and operating from a 38,000 thousand square feet facility, U.S. Tooling & Spas, Inc. grosses over 5 million dollars yearly.  The spas are sold nationally and internationally in places as far away as Norway, the Netherlands, and Israel.