Angela Chao, daughter of the renowned Chinese-American entrepreneur Dr. James S.C. Chao, who founded the Foremost Group, received an honorary award on Wednesday in New York with other Asian-American business leaders for contributions to the global economy. "I'm incredibly honored to be honored tonight, I didn't expect this at all," said Chao, the chairman and CEO of Foremost Group - a global shipping company founded in New York in 1964. "I think what the AABDC does such important work by highlighting the many contributions that Asian Americans make in the US," Chao said. Angela Chao, who joined the Foremost Group in 2001, said the company's core values have never changed. "Honor, integrity and performance, those are the standing core values I hope I will always continue to carry on in the future."