Ben Chan would start his own T-shirt store business in 1987 which would eventually become Bench managed under the family-owned Suyen Corporation.
[5] He also introduced Italian furniture brands in the Philippines such as Cappellini and Foscarini which led to him being conferred the Order of the Star of Italy in 2019.
[6] His parents established Liwayway Marketing as a supplier of starch, flour and coffee.
His brother, Carlos would expand the family business to include snack foods founding Liwayway Marketing China a company which produces Oishi products.
Chan himself would learn interior design in San Francisco before going on to establish his own clothing brand in the Philippines.