Sheryl WuDunn Biography

Sheryl WuDunn, the first Asian-American Pulitzer Prize winner, has worked in a variety of fields, from banking to journalism to book writing, bringing critical perspectives to light on her work. Her most recent book, A Path Appears, is about distributing opportunity and making a difference in the world. She previously co-wrote Half the Sky, a book exposing global oppression of women and girls. Sheryl has utilized her enormous talent as a writer, speaker, and thought leader to advocate for others who lack the tools to do so. WuDunn, named one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Shake the World, has helped raise awareness about women's issues such as sex trafficking. She is a very successful corporate executive and best-selling author who works with entrepreneurs in new media, technology, and social entrepreneurship at Mid-Market Securities, a small investment banking boutique in New York City. WuDunn goes beyond simply exposing the devastating daily reality for so many of the world's women in her inspirational best-selling book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," written with her husband, Nicholas Kristof," and uses the powerful book as a call to action for solutions. The book has a huge influence on revealing the situation of oppressed peoples all over the world, spurring activity and a new feeling of awareness all around the world. Because of the book's popularity and worldwide influence, it quickly developed into a multi-platform digital media initiative that currently includes a very successful PBS documentary series, mobile apps, and a Facebook online social media game. WuDunn, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, has an in-depth grasp of macro and microeconomic patterns. WuDunn is a specialist on the Chinese economy, having won the Pulitzer Prize alongside Kristof for their coverage of China. She has co-taught a global affairs course at Yale University on China, and she routinely talks to a wide range of groups about China's corporate and economic issues. Her on-the-ground approach to China insights has helped many of her listeners gain a far better understanding of this unique and developing country. Her anecdotes and first-hand experiences in China over many years bring the nation to life for her listeners. She has been on prominent television and radio shows such as Bloomberg TV, Fox Business News, and NPR to address Chinese economic concerns. She was also a distinguished guest at President Obama's State Dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House. Sheryl WuDunn, who is thoughtful, engaging, and brilliant, brings her critical message of leadership, optimism, and on-the-ground solutions to audiences all around the world. WuDunn provides unique perspective on market solutions to human rights challenges, bringing audiences on a spectacular trip and offering them first-hand experiences of lives that are seldom seen, thanks to her wide global expertise and experience working with a range of entrepreneurs in many areas. She is a compelling speaker who is regularly summoned by high leaders in the United States and overseas to talk on economic, political, and social issues concerning women in the developing world, the global economy, China, and other rising markets. Sheryl WuDunn tells audiences not just what needs to change, but also how to take action to make ideas a reality by sharing critical experiences that are largely untold.

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