Celebrating over 35 years and highlighting the some of the top influential Asian Own businesses and entrepreneurs in Houston.
Come join us in celebrating over 35 years serving the Greater Houston Area. Each year, The Asian Chamber of Commerce in Houston recognizes companies and individuals who have impacted our community at large. The event unites the Asian business community to celebrate excellence in leadership, business, and community impact within the greater Houston area.
ACC Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards 2025
The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston
1600 W Loop S, Houston, TX 77027
Saturday, October 25, 2025
- 5:30 PM Registration Begins
- 6:00 PM Cocktail Hour
- 7:00 PM Award Program Begins
- 9:00 PM After Party with Live Band
Attire: Black Tie – Optional
Speakers:
- Mona Dexter, VP, Military & Veteran Affairs, Connectivity & Platforms at Comcast
- The Honorable Donald Cravins, Jr., Former Deputy Secretary of Commerce and CEO of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
- Ruth N. López Turley, PhD, Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Chiling Tong, National ACE CEO
- Gigi Lee, Chief of International Affairs, City of Houston on behalf of Mayor John Whitmire
- Margaret Ford Fisher, Ed.D, Chancellor, Houston City College
- Omair Tariq, CEO and Co-Founder, Cart.com
The 2025 Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards Honorees:
- Entrepreneur of the Year – Omair Tariq, CEO and Co-Founder, Cart.com
- Enterprise of The Year – AOI Inc.
- Corporate Champion Award – Wells Fargo
- Community Ambassador Award – Houston Asian American Archive @ Chao Center for Asian Studies
Chairs
- Award Chairs – Yusi Cheng and Sam Chang
- Auction Chair – Washington Ho
Host Committee
- Cadence Bank
- Anne and Albert Chao
- Fan Chen
- Chinese American Construction Professionals
- Dr. Jianwei Feng
- Gencare Hospice
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
- Interactive College of Technology
- Wen Kosters-Qin
- Lisa Lai / LDS Engineering Alliance LLC
- Victoria Luo
- Tony Ly / STOA Capital Partners
- Y. Ping Sun
- QBS Consulting Group
- Gordon Quan
- Zainab Kayani Rizvi
- Chiling Tong / National ACE
By attending you will be immersed in joining the various business leaders in our city. Connect with those who stand united in elevating our economy and supporting Asian-owned Businesses.
Sponsorship Available – Click here
To Sponsor, please call the Asian Chamber office at: 713-782-7222
or write to: info@asianchamber-hou.org
2025 Sponsors
National
- CenterPoint Energy
Texan
- China Star Restaurant Group
- Coushatta Casino Resort
- H-E-B
- Houston Airport System
- Houston City College
- L’auberge Casino Resort
- Mama La’s
- MidFirst Bank
- MOSAIC Paradigm Law Group
- Shell
- Southwest Airlines
- Transworld Business Advisors
- United Airlines
- University of Houston Downtown
Houstonian
- ACC Executive Business Program Graduates
- Yusi Cheng
- Faye Chin
- China General Chamber of Commerce
- Chinese Civic Center
- Chinese Fellowship Association
- Comcast
- Comerica Bank
- Crowe and MOSAIC Paradigm Law Group
- Frost Bank
- Harris County Department of Education
- HCA Houston Healthcare
- Hectom Industries
- Henry S. Miller Brokerage
- Houston First Corporation
- JDDA Group
- Korean American Chamber of Commerce
- Law Office of Solis & Yan
- Lone Star College
- MaloneBailey LLP
- Maxwell Flooring & Cabinetry Distributors
- Merrill Kang Group
- MRSW Management
- Park Eight Place
- Port Houston
- Reddy Neumann Brown P.C.
- Saga International Realty
- San Jacinto College
- Satellite Chemical USA Corp
- Shandong Fellowship Association of Southern USA
- Southwestern National Bank
- STOA Architects
- Sunshaw Capital
- The Chaffin Law Firm
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Tinggi Design
- Tokyo Garden Company
- TXIPC
- Ultrasound Associates
- UMRE Real Estate Group
- University of Houston
- U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
- Wells Fargo
- White House Global Properties
- Youth Voice for Small Business
- Bin Yu and MedX Sunshine Adult Daycare and Homecare
Photo Booth Underwriter
- Lucid Motors