About the Documentary An immigrant story with a (glazed) twist, The Donut King follows the journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a mixture of diligence and luck, built a multi-million dollar donut empire up and down the West Coast.

Ted Ngoy, subject of the new documentary “The Donut King,” fled the Cambodian genocide to America, where he built a donut empire. He writes about his extraordinary journey.

After losing everything, Ted went back to Cambodia, where he lives in Phenom Penh. The families he sponsored continued running their businesses. Today, more than 90% of independent doughnut shops in Los Angeles are owned by Cambodian families.

He became estranged from his adult children. The Donut King went broke. So he and his wife left America and moved back to Cambodia. After discovering him engaged in an affair, Christy divorced Ted and returned to the US.