He won a $1 million lottery, then quit his cushy insurance job to open a Cantonese barbequed pork stall. Trading a corporate office for a hot kitchen was harder than he thought.

• 02/17/2025, 7:20 PM
• businessinsider.com

Aditi Bharade

Ivan Leong, 37, used to work as an insurance agent — a job with crisp button-ups, perfume, coffee chats, and flexible schedules. Ten years later, as he slices up juicy pork in his own Cantonese roast pork stall, he said that his life now is a far cry from what it was.