Lunch with Sumiko

From N-level school dropout to King of Fried Rice with 35 stalls, Lester Li believes in fate

Just 26, Lester Li owns a chain of 35 fried rice stalls and made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. He tells executive editor Sumiko Tan he has his late mother to thank for his success

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Lester Li dropped out of school before he finished his N levels. By the time he was 21, he had opened his first King of Fried Rice stall. He knew from a young age that he would be in F&B.
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Lester Li is not really keen to have lunch with me, I think.

After he readily accepts my WhatsApp invitation in May to be interviewed, I sense regret creeping in.

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