1. Peggy Tsiang Cherng is an American billionaire businesswoman and computer scientist who co-founded Panda Express in 1983 and is the co-chief executive officer of Panda Restaurant Group.
12 Facts About Peggy Cherng
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Peggy Cherng Tsiang was born in Mawlamyine, Myanmar, and grew up in Hong Kong.
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Peggy Cherng attended Hong Kong's Clementi Secondary School and graduated in 1966.
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Peggy Cherng went to the United States to attend Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where as a freshman she met her husband to be, Andrew Cherng, then a sophomore.
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Peggy Cherng transferred a year later to Oregon State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics in 1970.
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Peggy Cherng then attended the University of Missouri, earning a master's in computer science in 1971, and a PhD in electrical engineering in 1974.
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Peggy Cherng worked towards her PhD by developing a pattern-recognition program that digitized X-rays and applied algorithms to diagnose congenital heart disease.
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From 1975 to 1977, Peggy Cherng was an engineering specialist at McDonnell Douglas, where she coded battlefield simulators for the US Air Force.
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In 1982, Peggy Cherng left Comtal and became Operations Manager at the Panda Restaurant Group.
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Peggy Cherng used computers to track inventory and re-order ingredients.
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Peggy Cherng was the CEO and president of Panda Restaurant Group from 1997 until 2003, and in 2004 she became co-chair and co-CEO of Panda Restaurant Group.
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Peggy Cherng is on the boards of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the United Way of Los Angeles, Methodist Hospital of Arcadia and the Peter F Drucker School of Management.