| 词条 | Peggy Cherng |
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| name = Peggy Cherng | image = Peggy_Cherng.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |70|2018|05|03}}[1] | birth_place = Burma | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Entrepreneur, restaurateur, philanthropist | known_for = Co-founder, Panda Express restaurant chain | net_worth = US$ 1.4 billion (September 2018)[1] | alma_mater = Oregon State University (BS, Mathematics, 1970) University of Missouri (MS, Computer Science, 1971) University of Missouri (PhD, Electrical Engineering, 1974) | spouse ={{marriage|Andrew Cherng|1975}} | children = 3[2] | parents = | module = | fields = Computer science | workplaces = {{ublist|McDonnell Douglas|Comtal}} | thesis_title = Computer analysis of chest radiographs using size and shape descriptors | thesis_url = https://search.proquest.com/docview/302753191/ | thesis_year = 1974 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | known_for = }} Peggy Tsiang Cherng (pronounced Chur-ng, born 1947/1948) is an American billionaire businesswoman. Cherng co-founded Panda Express in 1983 and serves as the co-chief executive officer of Panda Restaurant Group. She was born in Burma (now Myanmar). With an estimated net worth of US$1.8 billion as of 2017, Forbes reported that she is America's richest self-made woman born outside the United States.[3] The Cherngs invest their wealth out of their family office, the Cherng Family Trust. Early life and educationPeggy Tsiang was born in Burma (now Myanmar), and grew up in Hong Kong.[3] She attended Hong Kong's Clementi Secondary School, and graduated in 1966.[4] She went to the United States to attend Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where as a freshman she met her husband to be, Andrew Cherng, then a sophomore.[5] She transferred a year later to Oregon State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics in 1970.[4][6] She then attended the University of Missouri, earning a master's in computer science in 1971, and a PhD in electrical engineering{{Dubious |PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science?|date=May 2018}} in 1974.[4][7] She worked towards her PhD by developing a pattern-recognition program that digitized X-rays and applied algorithms to diagnose congenital heart disease. After earning her PhD, she and Andrew moved to Los Angeles where they married.[8] Early careerFrom 1975-1977, Cherng was an engineering specialist at McDonnell Douglas, where she coded battlefield simulators for the US Air Force.[4] From 1977-1982, she was a technical engineer and software department manager at Comtal Corporation, a subsidiary of 3M.[4] Panda Restaurant Group{{main|Panda Restaurant Group}}In June 1973, Andrew Cherng along with his father Ming Tsai Cherng, took over a restaurant and started a new Chinese restaurant called Panda Inn in Pasadena, California, using funds from the family and a Small Business Administration loan.[9] In 1982, Peggy Cherng left Comtal and became Operations Manager at the Panda Restaurant Group.[4] In 1983, the Cherngs opened the first Panda Express, a fast food restaurant, at the newly opened Glendale Galleria II mall in Glendale, California.[10] The mall's developer had eaten at Panda Inn, and encouraged the Cherngs to take a place at the food court.[11] Peggy Cherng took over as president in 1997.[10] PhilanthropyIn February 2011, the Cherngs donated $2.5 million to support the Collins College of Hospitality Management at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.[12][13] In March 2017, the California Institute of Technology announced that they were changing the name of its medical engineering department to the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering after receiving a $30 million gift from Andrew and Peggy Cherng.[14] In the following month, the University of Missouri announced receiving a $1.5 million gift from the Cherngs which would benefit its Honors College.[15] Personal lifeThe Cherng's have three daughters. The oldest is chief marketing officer at Panda Express, the second daughter manages investments for the Cherng Family Trust, and the youngest works with the Panda Charitable Foundation.[4] In 2018, it was announced that the Cherng Family Trust purchased the former Mandarin Oriental hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and rebranded it as a Waldorf Astoria. The total acquisition price for the property was $214 million.[16] References1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Peggy Cherng |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/peggy-cherng/ |magazine=Forbes |accessdate=24 September 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherng, Peggy}}2. ^{{cite |last=Hirsch |first=Jerry |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2008149147_panda31.html |title=Profile: Andrew Cherng, Panda Express founder |newspaper=Seattle Times |date=2008-08-31|accessdate=2018-04-30}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/peggy-cherng/|title=Forbes Profile |website=forbes.com |date=2017-05-17 |accessdate=2018-04-30}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-did-i-get-here/peggy-cherng.html |title=How Did I Get Here? Peggy Cherng |website=bloomberg.com |date= |accessdate=2018-05-01}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2011/07/01/a-passion-for-panda/ |title=A Passion for Panda |website=pasadenaweekly.com |date=2011-07-01 |accessdate=2018-04-30}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bakeru.edu/images/pdf/Alumni/BakerPride_Spring08.pdf |title=Cherngs honored for contributions in L.A. area |website=bakeru.edu |date= |accessdate=2018-04-30}} 7. ^{{cite thesis |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/302753191/ |title=Computer analysis of chest radiographs using size and shape descriptors |date=1974 |publisher=University of Missouri |type=Ph.D. |last=Tsiang |first=Peggy Pui-Kee |via=ProQuest |subscription=yes |oclc=12702017}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/longform/tao-panda/2/|title=The Tao of Panda Express |website=lamag.com |date=2015-04-20 |accessdate=2018-04-30}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2011/07/01/a-passion-for-panda/ |title=A Passion for Panda |website=pasadenaweekly.com |date=2011-07-01 |accessdate=2018-05-01}} 10. ^1 {{cite news |last=Krantz |first=Matt |title=Panda Express spreads Chinese food across USA |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-09-10-entrepreneur-panda-express_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2018-04-30|date=2006-09-13}} 11. ^{{cite news |last=Hirsch |first=Jerry |title=Profile {{!}} Andrew Cherng, Panda Express founder |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008149147_panda31.html |newspaper=Seattle Times |date=2009-08-31|access-date=2018-04-30}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.fastcasual.com/news/panda-express-founders-pledge-25-million/ |title=Panda Express founders pledge $2.5 million |website=Fast Casual |date=February 28, 2011 |author=}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.sbsun.com/article/ZZ/20110304/NEWS/110308713 |title=Panda's pledge: Founders donate $2.5M to Cal Poly Pomona |newspaper=San Bernardino Sun |date=March 4, 2011 |first=Erick |last=Galindo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405064535/http://www.sbsun.com/article/ZZ/20110304/NEWS/110308713 |archive-date=2017-04-05 |deadurl=yes}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/social-affairs/20170328/panda-express-founders-donate-30-million-to-caltech-in-hopes-of-inspiring-other-immigrants |title=Panda Express founders donate $30 million to Caltech in hopes of inspiring other immigrants |newspaper=Pasadena Star-News |date=March 28, 2017 |first=Jason |last=Henry}} 15. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/panda-express-execs-give-million-to-mizzou/article_91c7b659-b1ff-522d-9b63-81ad3689a383.html |title=Panda Express execs give $1.5 million to Mizzou |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=April 28, 2017 |first=Ashley |last=Jost}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/18e2b5d9bd924154928ef9390ac559c3|title=Hilton's Waldorf Astoria to debut in Las Vegas|author=|date=|website=apnews.com|accessdate=24 September 2018}} 15 : 20th-century American businesspeople|21st-century American businesspeople|American billionaires|American chief executives of food industry companies|American food company founders|Baker University alumni|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|Chinese emigrants to the United States|Fast-food chain founders|People from Pasadena, California|University of Missouri alumni|Living people|Female billionaires|1940s births|American women chief executives |
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