Thai Lee

Thai Lee (born 1958) is a Thai-born Korean American billionaire businesswoman, the co-owner, CEO and president of SHI International, reported by Forbes to be the largest woman-owned business in the US.[2] In 2019, she was the 5th wealthiest Self-Made Woman in America, with the net worth of US$3 billion.[3]

Thai Lee
Born1958 (age 61–62)
Bangkok, Thailand
Alma materAmherst College
Harvard Business School
Known forCEO and co-founder, SHI International
Net worth$2.3 billion (October 2018)[1]
Spouse(s)Leo Koguan (divorced 2002)
Children2

Early years

Thai Lee was born in 1958 in Bangkok, Thailand, and attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, earning a double major BA in biology and economics, and in 1985, an MBA from Harvard Business School.[4] She was the first Korean woman to graduate from the business school.[2][5]

Awards and honors
  • Life Trustee, Amherst College
  • Former President, Amherst College Alumni Society
  • Harvard University, Dean's Advisory Board
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Harvard Business School
  • Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2012

Family

In 1989, Thai Lee married Leo Koguan, a Columbia University graduate, New York Law School-educated lawyer and the co-founder and chairman of SHI. They divorced in 2002. She has two teenage children. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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References
  1. "Thai Lee". Forbes. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. Ewalt, David M. "The Modest Tycoon Behind America's Biggest Woman-Owned Business". Forbes. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. "Thai Lee". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. Young, Susan. "Thai Lee, MBA". Harvard Business School. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. "Thai Lee '80". Amherst College. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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