China's Media Powerhouse Yang Lan on the Power of Asking 'Why Not'?

In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” episode, I’m joined by the global powerhouse media personality Yang Lan, a woman often called the “Oprah of China.” In this candid interview, she talks frankly about how she bounced back from early failures to success with Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading privately owned media companies. It is committed to the continuing growth of Chinese culture and to creating an international platform for cultural exchanges. In 2013, she was ranked number 100 in Forbes magazine's 100 World's Most Powerful Women.

Watch this inspiring interview to learn more about the future of gender equality globally and the state of gender equality in China, the biggest challenges for women as she sees them, looking at technology as a driver of growth, and the philanthropic movement and impact investing in Asia.

“I have the mentality of asking ‘why not’ instead of just asking why’s? … Nobody has done this before, let me do it. You know, why not?”

— Yang Lan

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