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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★National Restaurant Association Hall of Fame inductee (2017)
★Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2014)
★James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award (2016)
★Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award
★Nation's Restaurant News Golden Chain Award (2015)
★Gold House Gold Legend Honor
★UNLV Palladium Award
Notable Facts
→Co-founded Panda Express in 1983, now largest Asian dining concept in US with 2,400+ locations
→Net worth $3.7 billion as of 2024, America's second richest self-made woman born outside US
→PhD in electrical engineering, pioneered restaurant technology systems
→Major philanthropist: $100M to City of Hope, $30M to Caltech medical engineering dept
→Serves on Caltech Board of Trustees and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco LA branch
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