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Evergreen Celebrates 20 Years in Business (1993-2013)


From Ting Xu, Founder 

Evergreen Enterprises has come a long way since 1993. From a flag booth at the Virginia State Fair to the nation’s leading wholesaler of home and garden décor, from shipping out of a garage and making deliveries in a pickup truck to operating multiple state-of-the-art facilities and employing 150 territory managers to serve customers, we have truly experienced the American Dream on every level.

As rewarding as the growth has been, what’s most important is the way that you, our loyal customers, have kept us grounded. For this reason, an understanding of value and a customer-centric focus are at the core of our business.
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The Evergreen Story


As a family business, Evergreen’s story began with a Chinese girl’s American dream. 24 years ago, Ting Xu (who became my wife later on) came to the States to study Computer Science at Old Dominion University in Virginia, with only $600 on hand. After receiving a master's degree in 1989, she went to work for the Virginia State Health department as a computer programmer. In 1991, with the goal of helping her parents to have a second career after coming to the U.S., the three started Evergreen Enterprises, Inc. in their two-car garage in Richmond's west end.
After obtaining my bachelor's degree in business from Fudan University, I served as assistant professor in a major Shanghai think-tank before joining Ting, my fiancée and college sweetheart in Virginia in 1987. Then I went to Old Dominion to get my master's degree in economics and built a successful sales career with Prudential just three years after graduation.
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