I Knew Ken—but I Didn’t Know His Story

Ken Nguyen grew up watching his immigrant parents build a life in America through hard work, determination and a series of family-run grocery stores.

His own path was just as unconventional. Ken began working at a young age, skipped the traditional school-college-career route and found his way into computers before most people understood how much they would change the world.

I’ve known Ken for over seven years, but during this conversation I heard stories I’d never heard before—and learned more about him in thirty minutes than I had in all the years I’d known him.

It’s a conversation about family, opportunity and the remarkable stories hiding inside people we think we already know.