About Peter

Peter Koo is CEO and President of the Starside Pharmacy chain. He has fought for the needs of the residents, taxpayers and voters of our area as the Chairman of Program Services for the Flushing Business Improvement District (BID) and President of the Flushing Chinese Business Association. His leadership experience include being a member of Community Board 7, representing Flushing, Whitestone, Bay Terrace and College Point; former advisor of the Queens General Hospital Community Advisory Board; Treasurer, Founder and Trustee of the LaGuardia Community College Foundation; the Flushing Lions Club, and the American Cancer Society. His recent philanthropy includes a $100,000 donation to LaGuardia Community College, and 20 wheelchairs to Elmhurst Hospital. He has also donated generously to several local senior centers, including the Prince Street Self-Help center. Peter immigrated to America from Hong Kong in 1971. He worked minimum wage jobs at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dunkin Donuts to put himself through the University of New Mexico - College of Pharmacy, where he earned a Bachelors of Science. After his degree, he practiced hospital pharmacy in hospitals in New Mexico and Texas. After working in local hospitals, including Booth Memorial, Peter opened his first Starside Pharmacy in 1991 using innovative business practices to better serve customers. Starside Pharmacy has grown steadily and expanded to five busy locations throughout Queens.