He opened his first company in Montmagny, which was a Dodge and DeSoto dealership along with a Shell service station.
He also acquired a dairy, which he used to gain extra financial traction while waiting for credit payments.
Tanguay was always interested in sports, and founded his own junior hockey club in 1957 in Montmagny.
At the same time, Ameublement Tanguay saw its business flourish, with $65,000 in sales in its first year and over $300 million in 2015.
[3][4] In 1991, he created the Fondation Maurice-Tanguay, which aimed to help sick and disabled children in eastern Quebec.