Meet the Donut King, Ted Ngoy, the Cambodian refugee who built a donut empire.

The Donut King Independent Lens

Premiered May 24, 2021
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The Donut King

An immigrant story with a (glazed) twist, The Donut King follows the journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a mixture of diligence and luck, built a multi-million dollar donut empire up and down the West Coast.

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