Abe Ng ’95

Abe Ng is the founder and CEO of Sushi Maki – South Florida’s award-winning leader in innovative Japanese cuisine, serving fresh, premium-quality fare in relaxed, modern, and out-of-the-box environments throughout Miami Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County (including restaurants, airports, sports arenas, universities, and gourmet markets). In this role, he oversees the strategic development and management of the 22 locations owned and operated under the Sushi Maki and Canton Chinese brand names, and is a partner with Whole Foods Markets for sushi stations in the South Florida region stores.

A Miami native, Ng (pronounced “ing”) serves on various boards, including the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, National Christian Foundation, Baptist Health Foundation, Cornell University Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, and the Florida Restaurant Association. Abe was recognized as one of the Miami Herald’s 2011 20 Under 40, and the South Florida Business Journal’s 2010 40 Under 40. Abe was recently honored as Ultimate CEO by the South Florida Business Journal, and in 2015 was a regional finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Abe, the former chapter chair for YPO Miami, is a 1995 graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and the owner/president manager program at the Harvard Business School. He currently lives in Miami with his wife Christina (Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences ’96) and their three children, ages 11, 9, and 7.