Marjorie Yang Mun-tak GBS (; born 1952) is Chairwoman of

Esquel Group Esquel Group () is a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel manufacturer. It is the world's largest woven shirt maker, producing about 100 million shirts annually. Esquel supplies textile to companies such as Li-Ning, Li Ning, Anta Sports, ANTA Spo ...

, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel manufacturer with operations throughout the world, producing over 110 million cotton shirts every year for well-acclaimed brands and retailers such as

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, and

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Career

Yang is of Wu County, Jiangsu descent. She is the eldest daughter of , founder of the Hong Kong textile company

. She has served as its chairwoman since 1995. From 2008 to 2014, Yang oversaw a rapid expansion of the family business she inherited, more than doubling its revenue to US$1.4 billion. In China, Yang has been a Member of the National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

since 2003. In Hong Kong, she is Chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council, Chairperson of the Government's Advisory Committee on Admission of Quality Migrants and Professionals as well as a member of the Government's Commission on Strategic Development. In addition, Marjorie serves as Deputy Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. Yang is also on the boards of The

HSBC HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...

and

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as Independent non-executive director. In addition, she is a Member of

Christie's Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is ...

Asia Advisory Board. In 2017, Yang financially backed former finance minister and colleague John Tsang for the position of

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, though he eventually lost to Carrie Lam. Yang is a Member of the various advisory boards at: * MIT Corporation * Chairman of the Council of the

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

* Member of the Board of Governors at the Asia School of Business *

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MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (abbreviation: Tsinghua SEM; Chinese: 清华大学经济管理学院, ''qīng huá dà xué jīng jì guǎn lǐ xué yuàn ''), is the business school of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. ...

China Europe International Business School China Europe International Business School (CEIBS; ) is a business school located in Shanghai, China. Established under an agreement between the Chinese government and the European Commission in Shanghai in November 1994, CEIBS was the first bus ...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋� ...

Antai College of Economics & Management * Honorary Trustee at Lingnan College of Sun Yat-sen University * Honorary Member of the Court of the

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

Education

Yang holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

and an MBA from

Personal life

From her marriage to businessman

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, Yang has one child, Dee Poon. Yang brought her daughter into the Esquel Group in 2009 as chief brand officer of PYE, and Dee Poon has since become managing director of Esquel brands and distribution.

Philanthropy and environmental conservation

Her Esquel-Y.L. Yang Education Foundation has been funding the building or renovation of more than 20 schools. The Esquel Group has provided microfinance to 300 rural households in China's unrest-ridden

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

region, where the privately held company has cotton farming, ginning and spinning operations. The Foundation is geared mostly towards improving the standards of teaching, encouraging education and learning, and enhancing health and public hygiene for Uyghur minority students in areas outside the regional capital, Ürümqi. The foundation has been doing work in vision screening amongst rural children in China, and has also done work in Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. Long an advocate for environmental conservation and sustainable production, Marjorie also chairs the Shan Shui Conservation Center and holds membership in the Advisory Council of

Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States-based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bo ...

(NRDC) in China. In 2018, Yang announced the launch of 'Integral', an initiative aimed to encourage business leaders and academics to develop a balanced and less environment-damaging growth model for China.

Recent honours and awards

* Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by ''Fortune'' Magazine (2000, 2004, 2005 and 2009) * The Bronze Beaver Award by

(MIT) Alumni Association (2011) * 48 Heroes of Philanthropy (2012) * Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen by ''

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'' (2012) * Diamond Award by Hong Kong Tatler (2013) *

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

(GBS) by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (2013)2013 Honours List
''Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government'', July 2013

References

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