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.

Today, he lives in Phnom Penh working in the real estate business and tells his story of success, failure, and the importance of faith in all aspects of life's journey.

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.