Lulu chow wang biography

About Lulu Chow Wang She is the.
Lulu Chow Wang (or Lulu C. Wang) is an investment manager and philanthropist.
A pioneer in the financial world, she has used her tremendous intelligence, determination, and resilience to establish an extremely successful career.

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Lulu Chow Wang

Lulu Chow Wang ’66 was Wellesley’s 2016 Commencement Speaker

Lulu Chow Wang, one of the world’s most influential women in investments and philanthropy, addressed the members of the Wellesley College Class of 2016 and an international audience of their family and friends at Wellesley’s 138th Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 27, at 10:30am.

About Lulu Chow Wang

Lulu Chow Wang was a pioneer on Wall Street and is a leader in women’s philanthropy, recognized for changing the landscape of investments and challenging the long-held assumption that women do not give to charitable causes as generously as men. (The New York Times recognized Wang in 2013 as being in the vanguard of a new wave of philanthropy as an Asian-American woman.) She is the founder and CEO of Tupelo Capital Management, a leading New York-based investment firm.

Wang is a staunch advocate of investing in women and a believer in the transformative power of an all-women’s education. In 2000, Wang and her husband, Anthony, gave a record-breaking $25 million gift to Wellesley—at that time the large

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Lulu C. Wang

Chief Executive Officer, Tupelo Capital Management

Lulu C. Wang is the CEO and Chair of Tupelo Capital Management, which she founded in 1998 for hedge fund partnerships, and has now transitioned into a family office. Prior to that, Ms. Wang was a director and executive vice president of Jennison Associates Capital Corporation for 10 years. While at Jennison, she managed major funds for endowments, pensions and mutual funds. She joined Jennison Associates in 1988, after serving as senior vice president and managing director at Equitable Capital Management.

Ms. Wang serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller University, Asia Society, and Columbia Business School. She is a retired director of MetLife Insurance, a former board member of The Committee of 100 and a trustee emerita of Wellesley College, where she was the commencement speaker in 2016.

Ms. Wang has been honored for her achievements by New York Public Radio, China Institute, Wellesley College, Columbia Alumni Association, Columbia Women in Business, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, R

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RECIPIENT OF THE HONORARY DEGREE

Lulu Chow Wang is the living embodiment of the power of hard work, perseverance, and integrity. A pioneer in the financial world, she has used her tremendous intelligence, determination, and resilience to establish an extremely successful career in a male-dominated industry. Widely recognized for changing the landscape of Wall Street, Ms. Wang has similarly forged new paths in philanthropy, urging women to assume leadership positions in the organizations they choose to support. Her mentorship of women in all areas of her life has created a legacy that will endure for generations.

Ms. Wang’s father was a senior member of the Chinese Nationalists and though the family’s roots were in Shanghai, his work took the Chow family to New Delhi, at the time when Ms. Wang was born. She came to the U.S. with her family when she was four years old. After attending high school in Long Island, Ms. Wang joined the Class of 1966 at Wellesley College, where she gained a deep respect for the transformative power of women’s education.

After her marriage to Anthon