Lulu Chow Wang

Lulu Chow Wang
Born1944 (age 80–81)
EducationWellesley College (BA), Columbia Business School (MBA)
TitleCEO of Tupelo Capital Management
SpouseAnthony Wang

Lulu Chow Wang (or Lulu C. Wang) is an investment manager and philanthropist. She has been recognized as being part of a new wave of Asian-American philanthropy.[1] She was featured in the Women in Business episode of a PBS documentary series Makers: Women Who Make America.[2] She is a trustee emerita at The Rockefeller University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Wellesley College, and director emerita of New York Public Radio.[3]

Early life

In 1948, Wang came to the United States with her family at the age of 4. Her father was a Chinese Nationalist leader, so they could not return to China after the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.[4]

Education

In 1966, Wang graduated with a B.A in English at Wellesley College.

Career

Wang is the founder and CEO of Tupelo Capital Management since 1997.

Wang was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art at the October 9, 2001, meeting of the Board.[5]

Philanthropy

In 2000, Wang and her husband, Anthony, gave the largest gift ever given at that time to a women's college with a gift of $25 million to Wellesley College.[6] This funded the design and construction of Wellesley's campus center, also known as "Lulu."

References

  1. ^ Semple, Kirk (8 January 2013). "Asian-Americans Gain Influence in Philanthropy". New York Times.
  2. ^ "Wellesley Alum in PBS's Makers: Women in Business". Wellesley College. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  3. ^ "The Rockefeller University » Lulu C. Wang". Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  4. ^ "Full Throttle in Finance and Service". Wellesley Magazine.
  5. ^ "Lulu C. Wang Elected a Trustee at the Metropolitan Museum". The Met. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. ^ Zernike, Kate (2000-04-16). "Couple Gives Wellesley a Record $25 Million". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-08.

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