America’s Richest Self-Made Women

Published on July 11, 2019 By Chloe Draws

Peggy Cherng – $1.4 billion

Perry Cherng is the co-CEO of favorite Chinese fast food joint Panda Express. Brining in $3 billion in sales for over 2,000 locations. Panda Express first emerged in 1983 as Peggy left her job in engineering to help her husband open Panda Express’ first Los Angeles location in the largest mall in the city.

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From her engineering background, Cherng built the company systems to track customer feedback and streamline operations. They also own stake in other chains including Urbane Cafe, Just Salad, Uncle Tetsu, Pieology and Ippudo.