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Huang’s legacy includes the C.J. Huang Foundation, which he established to support Asian American community-based organizations, and the Asian Liver Research Center at Stanford Universit. He also helped to build the Shanghai Children’s Hospital and the Wuhan University School of Nursing.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University in China and his master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Michigan. In 1955, he moved to Thailand and established the U.S. Summit Corporation’s Bangkok Branch, rebuilding the Bangchak Oil Refinery into one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia.
Later, he served as chairman of H&W Enterprises, H&W Enterprises Bay Village and H&W Development LLC. He was also an associate at the Stanford Research Institute and served as an advisor to U.S. Congress. In 1990, Central awarded Huang the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.