Sheryl WuDunn

Sheryl WuDunn is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and business executive. In 1990, she became the first Chinese American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize, recognised for her coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times in Beijing and Tokyo.

She currently advises growth companies in sectors including new media technology, entertainment, social media, healthcare, and emerging markets, with a particular focus on China. WuDunn is the co-founder and principal of FullSky Partners, an investment and advisory firm focused on mission-driven healthcare and technology ventures. Through FullSky, WuDunn has helped direct catalytic capital toward innovative cancer therapeutics and diagnostics.

WuDunn is also co-owner of Kristof Farms, producer of highly rated Kristof Wines and award-winning Kristof Farms cider, crafted from estate-grown grapes and apples. Earlier in her career, she served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. She previously spent many years at The New York Times as both a journalist and senior executive, where she led strategic planning and circulation initiatives aimed at expanding younger audiences and became the Times’s first television anchor on the Discovery Times channel.

Together with her husband, Nicholas Kristof, she has co-authored several bestselling books, including China Wakes, Thunder from the East, Half the Sky, A Path Appears, and Tightrope, many of which have inspired documentaries and global digital campaigns. Her work and leadership have been recognised by Fast Company’s The Makers.

WuDunn holds degrees from Cornell University (B.A.), Harvard University (M.B.A.), and Princeton University (M.P.A.). She currently serves on Harvard’s Board of Overseers and is a former trustee of both Princeton and Cornell.