Andrea Jung

About

Canadian-American executive, nonprofit leader, and prominent women's-issues supporter based in New York City. In 2014, she was appointed president and CEO of Grameen America, a nonprofit microfinance organization founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.

Before Fame

She graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1979. She was the first female CEO and chairman of Avon Products, Inc.

Trivia

During her leadership of the Avon Foundation for Women, the nonprofit raised and awarded nearly $1 billion to support health and empowerment causes, becoming the largest women-focused corporate philanthropy in the world. She is fluent in Mandarin.

Family Life

Her mother is a Shanghai-born amateur pianist. Her father is a Hong Kong-born retired architect who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her brother Mark also graduated from Princeton University and went on to become co-founder and CEO of the American video game and entertainment media website IGN.

Associated With

Jennifer Lopez is a national ambassador for Grameen America.