Our Company
FGI Industries is an online retailer of mobile phones, tables, electronics, accessories, and homegoods that was started in November 2013.
Business Vision
In a reality where drifting is a natural consequence of age, we envision a community that is boundless of ethnicity, culture, and geography. We will bring the world closer by bridging the gap; making online shopping more interactive while changing the way that people shop. Grant us the opportunity to become a part of your lifestyle, and together we shall consistently create unique enriching experiences.
Culture
We conduct business with the same principles that we live by: build relationships while contributing to the community. We achieve this by providing informative compelling content, unique offerings that improve living standards, and relentless commitment to customer satisfaction.
Biography
Jen-Sung Tan is a self-employed entrepreneur, armed forces service member, and investor who started FGI Industries in November 2013. He has over two years of experience in market research, retail sales, business operations management, and bookkeeping. He is a licensed business owner, certified reseller, and supporter of eSCO Processing and Recycling LLC, a full-service electronics recycling and asset recovery firm with a zero electronic waste landfill policy.
A mismatched duo of close friends and coworkers, who had passed by a ‘Winner’s Cube’ arcade machine countless times before without a second glance, now monitored the creaking of a jointed mechanical arm, whose exhales formed condensation on the glass, sweaty palms clutched the dusty plastic control panel, and hearts raced as the digits of the machine’s digitalized timer ticked away.
Fortunately, the crudely made machine had left the tablet in such a predicament that prevented the anxious supporters from removing it through ordinary force. In fact, the pair waited anxiously for several weeks before a service technician delivered the prize. Naturally, there was only one way of making the news official:
Seeing that their precious could not be easily shared without determining visitation rights, they sought the counsel of a certain mediator.
Perhaps it was a stroke of blind luck or destiny, but a dramatic motion changed their fate in an instant:
*Click!*
Time seemed to slow as their intentions breached the daunting threshold that had dashed the spirits of many hopefuls before, the room immersed in flashing lights and chiming bells, a gift in the form of an HP Touchpad tablet descending from the heavens. Other customers, a scatter of fellow service members, government contractors, and employees watched the pair’s modest celebration from a distance in a mixture of disgust and confusion.
“Hey, some idiots got lucky at the crane machine…”
“Ugh, who cares?”
“Some people should really find something better to do.”
Until a sound abruptly halted their parade:
*Jam!*
“Where is your prize?” said a voice.
“Where,” parroted the confused pair almost in unison, their attention drawn to the empty prize door, “It’s... stuck!”
Suddenly, swarms of an intrigued audience sieged their loot, the achievement completely overshadowed by the unusual turn of events.
“Hey, some poor souls lost their prize at the crane machine...”
“Really, I want to see.”
“I feel so bad for them. Let’s shake the machine!”
How it Started:
The journey began on a drowsy late fall weekend at an Exchange in Fort Bliss, Texas.
Within twelve hours consisting of methodical photography, selfies, business research, web surfing, a cardboard box scavenger hunt, two liters of Mountain Dew, and a frantic bus pursuit, they had laid the groundwork for FGI Industries.
