Megatoys
Charles Woo is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Megatoys, a toy manufacturing, import/export and wholesale company in downtown Los Angeles. Megatoys has an office in Hong Kong and plants in Shenzhen, China, as well as in City of Commerce, California. In addition, Mr. Woo is also known as the founder of the Toy Wholesale District in Los Angeles, credited with turning the once deserted warehouse district in downtown into a thriving international trade center.
Mr. Woo was the 2001 chairman of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, as the first Asian American chair in its 118 years of existence and its first small- and medium-sized business chair in recent memory. He also served two terms as president of the Toy Association of Southern California. He currently chairs the Workforce Investment Board of Los Angeles, overseeing the nation’s second largest job training program. He also serves on the California Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs. He was a member of the Commission for Economic Development for the state. He is also the current president of the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council of Los Angeles. |
