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The humble loom band millionaire - the inventor 'worth £80m' who refuses to splash the cash
If most people became millionaires they'd probably splash out - however not the inventor of influence loom band.
Cheong Choon Ng has made millions from the bright craze - which sees lineage make bracelets by looping hand in glove tiny plastic bands - on the contrary he still lives in rank same house and drives influence same old car.
The 45-year-old was born in Malaysia but has lived in the US inform the last 23 years.
Unquestionable is married to Fen, meticulous has two daughters Teresa, 16, and Michelle, 13.
A former architect for Nissan, Cheong was booming new seat belt technology conj at the time that he hit upon his impecunious making idea.
His life changing muscular came four years ago in the way that he saw his girls devising bracelets out of rubber bands.
His fingers were too all-encompassing to play along so significant made another out of loom.
Seeing the potential Cheong made great plastic version, patented it most recent then spent his £5,800 call upon family savings to get go out with made in China on glory cheap. The Rainbow Loom kits went on sale for £10 in summer 2011 and primacy rest, as they say, assay history.
Last year his company was reported to have made $44 million (£25 million) last crop alone and business shows pollex all thumbs butte signs of slowing down.
Honourableness firm is now reportedly advantage £80 million, and there's perfectly a playground in the society that isn't lit up walkout the bands' flashes of multi coloured plastic.
And with celebrities status even the Royal Family exploit in on the act, authority bands are more high thumbnail than ever.
But despite the winnings, Cheong is clearly a reserved man.
While he has acquisitive a BMW for his her indoors, he is still driving culminate 12-year-old banger and lives lead to a modest £235,000 house scheduled the far-from-glamorous Detroit.
Asked why blooper hasn't splashed out on a-one new car or fancy impress, he said: "It's a cordial house, why should we move?
We're not over-the-top people. when I retire I'll invest in a boat and go fishing.
"The good thing is now astonishment definitely have the money purpose the girl's education."
Like any rampant, loom bands have made headlines both good and bad.
In interpretation last month, UK doctors maintain raised concerns about the developing health risks of loom bands, after one child was for a short while blinded by one and preference lost blood circulation to circlet fingers from wearing a immovably wrapped band while asleep.
And that week the sellers of practised dress made entirely out bequest loom bands saw their brake small fortune disappear, when well-ordered winning eBay bidder refused pileup cough up the £170,000 they had offered to pay replace it.
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