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Shirley Young
Shirley Young (; May 25, 1935December 26, 2020) was an American businesswoman. She was an executive at Grey Global Group, Grey Advertising and later at General Motors (GM). She was also a cultural ambassador between the United States and China. Biography Young was born in Shanghai. She was the daughter of Clarence Young, a Chinese diplomat, and Juliana Young Koo, who was the long-term mistress for the diplomat and politician Wellington Koo, V.K. Wellington Koo, while her father was still living. Young received a BA in economics, Phi Beta Kappa, from Wellesley College in 1955 and attended graduate school at New York University from 1956 to 1957. Career She started at Grey Advertising in 1959 where she led an internal market research division until 1988; she was among the only women and Asian-American employees at the firm at the time. In 1963, when Young was pregnant with her first child, she forced Grey to rethink their maternity leave policies as she didn't leave the compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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