Sheryl WuDunn
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Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, lecturer, business executive |
Spouse |
Nicholas D. Kristof (m. 1988) |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Jiéfāng |
Wade–Giles | Wu3 Chieh2 Fang1 |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Ng5 Git3 Fong1 |
Sheryl WuDunn (born November 16, 1959) is an American business executive, writer, lecturer, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
A senior banker focusing on growth companies in technology, new media and the emerging markets, WuDunn also works with
She was a foreign correspondent in The New York Times Beijing and Tokyo bureaus. While in Tokyo, WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's news coverage and editorial policies were criticized by some Japanese academics as being prone to exoticism and insulting stereotypes.[2]
Biography
A third generation
WuDunn married reporter Nicholas Kristof in 1988.[4] After working for The Wall Street Journal and other publications, WuDunn joined the staff of The New York Times as a correspondent in the Beijing bureau in 1989.
WuDunn worked for a time for Goldman Sachs as a vice president in its investment management division as a private wealth advisor, before leaving to write a book.[5]
WuDunn and her husband Kristof won the
In 2009, WuDunn and Kristof received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.[7] In 2011, WuDunn was listed by Newsweek as one of the 150 Women who Shake the World.[8]
In 2012, WuDunn was selected as one of 60 notable members of the League of Extraordinary Women by
In 2015 she signed an open letter which the
Books
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Booknotes interview with WuDunn and Kristoff on China Wakes, October 16, 1994, C-SPAN | |
TimesTalks interview with WuDunn and Kristoff on Half the Sky, September 15, 2009, C-SPAN |
WuDunn has co-authored five best-sellers with her husband.
Boards
WuDunn served for more than a decade on the
Bibliography
- Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn (12 October 2011). China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-76423-2.
- Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn (23 February 2001). Thunder from the East. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-375-41269-1.
- Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn (8 September 2009). Half the Sky. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-27315-4.
- Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn (23 September 2014). A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-385-34992-5.
- Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn (14 January 2020). Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780525655091.
References
- ^ Cf. Library of Congress catalog entry for author Sheryl WuDunn
- ^ Hideko, Otake (1999). "Japanese Reflections in an American Mirror". Japan Quarterly. 46 (1): 76–82.
- ^ Cornell News: Cornell Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) workplace colloqium webpage
- ^ "Sheryl WuDunn Wed to Reporter". The New York Times. October 9, 1988.
- ^ "Goldman Hires Pulitzer-Winning Journalist to Snare Millionaires". Bloomberg. 22 February 2008.
- ^ "International Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2009 Finalists
- ^ "150 Women Who Shake the World", Newsweek, March 5, 2012
- ^ Tracy McVeigh (7 March 2015). "Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ^ Half The Sky - website
- ^ A Path Appears - website
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. February 2, 2020.
External links
- Interview with Wudunn for Guernicamag.com
- WuDunn's talk at TED Global in July 2010
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Sheryl WuDunn Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
- Sheryl WuDunn at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records