Thomas Fung

(#26, 2016) CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER, FAIRCHILD GROUP

Dollar Tycoon One of the hottest categories in retail right now is the “value-priced” model— the dollar-store—with a —urry of competitors entering the Canadian market in recent years. Thomas Fung houses one of them, Daiso, at his Aberdeen Centre mall and holds North American franchise rights for the Japanese chain. Daiso is just one piece in a diverse—and increasingly recessionproof—portfolio for Fung’s Fairchild Group, which includes everything from Chinese-language TV and radio stations to real estate holdings to an import/distribution arm.