Yang Lan
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| Yang Lan | |
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| Born | March 31, 1968 Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Yang Lan (Chinese: 杨澜; pinyin: Yáng Lán; born March 31, 1968) is a Chinese businesswoman, talk show hostess, and co-owner with her husband Wu Zheng of Sun Television Cybernetworks in Shanghai, China.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal and business life
Yang Lan was born in Beijing to a father who was an English professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University and a mother who was an engineer. After she married Hong Kong entrepreneur Wu Zheng, she became co-owner with him of a new media company, Sun Television Cybernetworks.[1]. She also became one of China's richest business people, according to Forbes Magazine.[2] Before her marriage, however, Ms. Yang was one of China's most well-known television hostesses.
Yang Lan is a media baroness, corporate entrepreneur and a leading television host in China. She and her husband Bruno Wu co-founded Sun Media Investment Holdings Ltd, one of China’s most prominent private media groups. The business spans television production, newspapers and magazines, as well as on-line publishing.
Yang holds a Masters Degree from Columbia University's School Of International Public Affairs where she is now a member of the Columbia University International Advisory Council (IAC). , after having attended the Beijing Foreign Studies University during her undergraduate career.
In 2005, she founded The Sun Culture Foundation with a mission to promote the advancement of education, and the building of philanthropic culture.
The Paley’s Center of Media (Museum of Television and Radio) has honored her with “She-Made-It” award in 2007 to recognize her achievement as a TV journalist.
[edit] Comparison to Oprah Winfrey
Yang is the creator of the hugely popular internet website for woman, Her Village. With her celebrity, media empire and popularity among women, Yang has often been compared with Oprah Winfrey. She has been called "China's Oprah Winfrey,"[1] although others would disagree, calling Oprah "America's Yang Lan," and proposing tongue-in-cheek that Yang, in fact, will become bigger than Ms. Winfrey on a global scale.
[edit] Yang Lan One On One
As a signature TV talk show, Yang Lan One on One focuses on getting to know leading figures from the fields of international politics, business, society and culture. In this program, Yang Lan profiles the guests' life stories, career experiences, and personal insights.With it’s eight-year history, is one of the most highly regarded and well known in-depth talk shows in China. The talk show’s host, Yang Lan, guided by her personal style and unique viewpoint, has over the years presented interviews with over four hundred movers and shapers from around the globe. Her guests include Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Andrew L. Webber, Tan Dun, Nicole Kidman, Jackie Chan, Kobe Bryant, Hugh Jackman, and Michael Phelps.
[edit] Her Village
[edit] The Beijing Olympics
Yang Lan and the Olympics
1993.09 --- Representative for the 2000 Olympics bid delegation team for China
2001.07.13 --- Olympic Goodwill Ambassador & Presentation Speaker
2004.06.09 --- 2004 Athens Olympic torchbearer
2007.01 --- Executive producer and host of “Olympic Songfest”, a TV program to select Olympic songs and music
2007.08.08 --- Host of Beijing 2008 One Year Countdown
2008.05.04 --- 2008 Beijing Olympic torchbearer
2008.08.24 --- Host at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
