A former principal of two vocational schools in Hsinchu and Hualien, Chou and his family emigrated to Canada in 1994. It was also at that time that he put up part of the money for a friend who was planning to set up a school in mainland China.
曾管理新竹世界工家、花蓮國光商工等校校務的周兆雄，一九九四年結束台灣事業、舉家移民加拿大前，就參與朋友投資赴大陸辦學。