Angie Wong emigrated to the US when she was 13, and obtained a degree in economics from the University of Washington at the end of 2003. After graduating, she came back to Hong Kong to develop her career. She is now the business director of Fat Tat Lee Watch Company.
Wong is devoted to the watch industry in Hong Kong, where she is a prominent figure. She is a member of the board of directors of the Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades and Industries. In 2008, she was made an associate fellow by the Professional Validation Centre of Hong Kong Business Sector.
This year, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council invited her to become one of its advisory board members, offering her opinions on market trends and the development of the Hong Kong watch industry. Wong is now pursuing a OneMBA, a Global Executive MBA programme at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
What prompted you to pursue an MBA?
I already had the intention of pursuing an MBA when I was an undergraduate student because I thought that having just one degree was far from adequate in this competitive world. However, I thought it would be meaningless to work for an MBA when I did not have any work experience because I simply could not apply what I had learned to the real world.
After returning to Hong Kong and working in the watch industry for a couple of years, I thought it was time for me to realise my goal of pursuing an MBA. Moreover, my father had obtained a PhD in 2010, and this also helped to motivate me.