1. What are some of the Chinese American
contributions to business?
• Chinese Americans have made
major contributions in the arts,
fashion design, literature, business,
finance, food, Internet, sports and
entertainment, technology, enter-
tainment, music, news media, and
politics and government. The list
of contributions in each of these
areas is lengthy and notable.
(Refer to https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Chinese_Americans for
more information.)
• Some notable Chinese Americans
who have made significant contri-
butions to business in the US:
• Li Lu - hedge fund manager,
founder, and Chairman of Hi-
malaya Capital Manage-
ment
• Yan Huo - co-founder of
Capula Investment Man-
agement, 8th largest hedge
fund in Europe by assets
• Zhu Min - co-founder of
WebEx, sold to Cisco Systems
for $3.2 billion
• An Wang - co-founder of
Wang Laboratories, sold in
1999 for $1.5 billion
• James Chu - founder, CEO
and Chairman of ViewSonic,
one of the largest computer
monitor brands
• Alfred Chuang - co-found-
er BEA Systems, acquired by
Oracle for $8.5 billion in 2008
• Sam Chang - New York real
estate and hotel developer
• Albert Chao - co-founder of
Fortune 1000 company West-
lake Chemical, billionaire.
2. What are some of the Chinese
contributions to lifestyle in the U.S?
style, here’s a few whose influence
has impacted day to day entertain-
ment experience:
• Steve Chen - co-founder of
YouTube
• Yishan Wong - CEO of
Reddit (2012-2014); Director
of Engineering of Facebook
(2005-2010)
• Dan Lin - Hollywood film
producer and former Senior
Vice President at Warner
Bros.
• Andrea Wong - President of
International Production for
Sony Pictures Television
and Sony Pictures Enter-
tainment
• Connie Young Yu - writer,
historian, lecturer, and 2016
“Woman of the Year” Califor-
nia Senate District 13
• Amy Tan - best-selling au-
thor, The Joy Luck Club.
• Chinese immigrants to the US
brought many of their ideas and
values with them including the
Confucian respect for elders and
focus on education and civil ser-
vice as a way to upward and social
mobility.
• Buddhism, Taoism, Tai Chi,
and Kung Fu were introduced
by Chinese and have become pop-
ularized in our lifestyle through
movies about Kung Fu masters
and meditation centers and books
teaching Buddhism and the Tao.
• Accupuncture,
Accupres-
sure, and Chinese Medicine
based on energy circulation and • Chinese restaurants and cuisine
herbs have become well-known
in the United States are among
practices for maintaining health,
the widely appreciated contribu-
wellness, and mindfulness.
tions to American life. In Chinese
• Although there is an extensive
restaurants, the Fortune Cookie
list of notable Chinese Americans
is a treat at the end of the meals,
whose contributions have influ-
which can lead to entertaining
enced our entertainment and life-
conversation.
3. What are some of the Chinese
contributions to American culture?
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