Alexander Wong

Alexander Wong, known as “Aldodado” to his dear daughters and family, was a Maryland entrepreneur born in Manhattan, New York, on August 10, 1965. He passed away on February 22, 2020 of cancer, joining his mother, Guadalupe Altagracias Giannotti.

A proud “Chino-Latino”, of Dominican and Chinese heritage, Alexander grew up loving both plantains and lo mein, Chinatown and Morningside Heights, NYC. When he was in middle school, the family moved to New Hampshire where Alexander ran track and graduated from Bishop Guertin High School.

Alexander met his beloved wife of 29 years, Benita Best-Wong, their junior year at Georgetown University where they both graduated in 1987, his degree in finance. They are the proud parents of three daughters, the first, Cydney Alexandra, a member of MIT’s class of 2020 in Cambridge, MA, and their twins, Devyn Olivia and Eden Grace, high school students at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD. 

One of Alexander’s greatest joys was watching and cheering on his three daughters, all competitive synchronized ice skaters. Kind and warm, Alexander enjoyed hosting family and friends at his home, keeping up with political news, playing golf, warm vacations with his family, and trips to Las Vegas with friends.

Alexander was a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and an active parishioner and volunteer at Holy Family Church. Awarded an M.B.A. in 1995 from NYU’s Stern School of Business, Alexander started and owned several businesses in his career, his most successful the Direct Buy in Columbia, MD, which for many years was the firm’s top earning location in the United States. After moving on from this business, Alexander became a blackjack dealer at the MGM at National Harbor where he made a treasured group of friends.

Alexander also leaves behind five beloved younger sisters, Carmen Rita Wong, Nina Giannotti (Jeremiah Thomas), Michelle Stewart (David), Josephine Parsons (Russell), and Laura Giannotti, two nieces, Bianca Luz Ulrich (Wong) and Amelia Stewart, four nephews, Joseph and David Stewart, and Wolfgang and Sebastian Parsons, his father, Peter Wong, step-father, Charles Giannotti, mother-in-law, Stella Reid-Best and sister-in-law, Patricia Edella Best.

In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to Lungevity, 228 South Wabash Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60604, a nonprofit dedicated to lung cancer research.