Dainel Wang
Founder and President
Chicago Computer Club Corp.

We'd like to share his story with you.

Daniel Wang entered into one of the best medical universities in China to be trained as a dentist in 1991. There he saw the computer for the first time in his life. He was instantly attracted by an “Apple II” computer which doesn’t even have a hard disk.

At that time in China, it’s almost impossible to change your major once you enter an University and decided on a major. During that 5 years at the university, Daniel Wang spent all his spare time in a computer room. He became a self taught computer geeks and became famous as a computer guru at a medical university, many people come to him for help.

After graduating from the university in 1996, instead of becomeing a dentist, he chose to develope medical related educational computer programs and later started to develop medical information networks on the internet. In 5 years, he was a CEO and co-owner of one of the top 3 medical information websites in China, with 50 employees.

When the internet bubble had burst, Daniel Wang had invested all his money into the company. Even though the company had survived, by the time he came to the US, he had no money left.

He came to the US in the summer of 2001 because his wife was pursuing her PhD at the University of Chicago. Living on his wife's stipends, he lived in an apartment, which they shared with two other families, and drove an old 1992 corolla in order to save money for his new venture in the US.

He could barely speak or understand English when he first arrived. He was rejected for volunteer jobs. Later he worked in a local computer store and saw that there was a demanding market for the consumer I.T. service.  He started his own business with his first retail location at 87th street in April 2003.

By treating customers right, providing excellent customer service, and top notch computer technicians, Chicago Computer Club expanded fast. With almost one new location every year, now the Chicago Computer Club has 4 retail locations. It has served more than 20,000 customers, 1,200 businesses, and achieved a 31.7% annual revenue increase for the last year.