Alan King (designer)

Alan Cheung (born 17 February 1997), also known as Alan King, is a Chinese American entrepreneur and fashion designer[1]. Alan is best known for being the founder and CEO of AKINGS.

Alan King
King in 2019
Born
Alan Cheung

(1997-02-17) February 17, 1997
New York, New York
NationalityChinese American
OccupationFashion Industry
Home townNew York, New York
Net worth $1.5 Million
Height5'9
Websiteakingsny.com

Early life

Alan King was born in the New York, New York. When King was a child, his mother and father owned a Chinese restaurant in New Jersey. They sold the business in 2004 and moved back to New York City when he was seven years old. In his early school years, King excelled in academics and was awarded several honors in Math & English. King attended Millennium High School. During high school, King worked part-time as a legal aid in medical malpractice law and with CAAAV. As a youth, King was a tennis and table tennis player and enjoyed cross country.

While in high school King began to design clothing and started creating screen printed tees, embroidered hats, and a few cut and sewn pieces, one of which included a J shape denim. Shorty after posting the sample online, a friend of a friend placed the image on Reddit. The exposure that his J shape denim received on Reddit allowed King to expand and open orders for his first retail purchases.

Career and entrepreneurship

King is the founder of fashion clothing AKINGS.[2] He founded the brand in January 2016.

In 2017, AKINGS showed their autumn winter collection Soho, new york which was featured by publications such Design scene and The source magazine[3].

In 2019, King was accepted into the Forbes Business Council.[4] In 2020 King announced his latest partnership with Forbes to launch a mastermind[5] featured on Forbes new platform Forbes8.[5]

References
  1. Rose, Venus (2017-02-06). "The Source |Style Sector: AKINGS NY Autumn/Winter 2017 Collection". The Source. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  2. Nnamani, Francis-King J.; extraordinary, ContributorThe feeling of bringing ideas to reality is truly (2016-09-14). "AKINGSNY | Conversations Through Cloth". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. Rose, Venus (2017-02-06). "The Source |Style Sector: AKINGS NY Autum/Winter 2017 Collection". The Source. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  4. "Alan Cheung, Official Member of Forbes Councils". Forbes Councils. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. Davis, Toms (Mar 9, 2020). "Will Industry Crossovers & Collaborations Change The Future Of Entrepreneurship?". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020.

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