text: Ms. Ping Fu – TiE Global Awards – TiE Global Summit
  Ping holds an MS degree in Computer Science from Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and studied Chinese literature at Suzhou University in China. Her 2013 memoir "Bend, Not Break: Life in two worlds", is a New York Times bestseller. Awards for her leadership include Outstanding American by Choice Award from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. magazine, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Carolinas), and Life Time Achievements award by Business Leader magazine.