Chen Ningning

{{Short description|Entrepreneur and philanthropist}}

Chen ("Diana") Ningning is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the founder and CEO of Pioneer Group Holdings, Chair of Yintai Securities Co., Ltd, and CEO of Yintai Investment Company LLC. She is a self-made billionaire, with an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion (as of 2011).{{cite web|author=张军棉 |url=http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-10/10/content_23581248_7.htm |title=Top 12 wealthiest Chinese women 2011 |website=China.org.cn |date=2011-10-10 |access-date=2016-01-28}} She graduated with an MBA degree from the New York Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chen-ningning/ |title=Chen Ningning & family |work=Forbes |date= |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|author=Toh Han Shih |url=http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1294551/steel-princess-sued-41b-yuan-over-stake-firm |title='Steel princess' sued for 4.1b yuan over stake in firm | South China Morning Post |website=Scmp.com |date= 6 August 2013|access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nextinsight.net/index.php/story-archive-mainmenu-60/921-2013-chinahk/7443-diana-chen-billionaire-steeled-for-the-long-run |title=DIANA CHEN: Steel Billionaire in Legal Tussle |website=Nextinsight.net |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofceos.com/dossiers/ningning-chen |title=Ningning Chen, Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel |publisher=World of CEOs |date= |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://globalinsolvency.com/articles/scmp-steel-princess-trading-company-liquidation |title=SCMP 'Steel princess' trading company in liquidation |publisher=Global Insolvency |date= |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news-topic/chen-ningning/ |title=Chen Ningning: Latest News on Chen Ningning, Chen Ningning Updates, Chen Ningning Videos, Photos, Wiki, Topic |website=Moneycontrol.com |date= |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.weekinchina.com/2013/03/steel-princess/ |title=Steel Princess "Week In China |website=Weekinchina.com |date=2013-03-15 |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://lifeisreallybeautiful.com/tag/chen-ningning/ |title=Chen Ningning – Life's So Beautiful |website=Lifeisreallybeautiful.com |date=2010-10-13 |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinaorientalgroup.com/download/report/03_ar/EWF106.pdf |title=Chen Ningning |page=12 |website=Chinaorientalgroup.com |access-date=2016-01-28}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=at0FZu1VxOyw |title=- Bloomberg |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=2017-03-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916205622/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive |archive-date=2015-09-16 }}

A world-renowned philanthropist and educator, Diana serves on the Board of Trustees for Harvard-Westlake School, Yale University Sterling Fellows, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs Advisory Council, Lincoln Center Board of Trustees, and the Harvard Alumni President's Associates.

As an alumnae, she also serves on the Advisory Council of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. And she is a distinguished member of the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Global Advisory Council.

Diana is Chair of the Centrum Charitas Foundation. She has been awarded the JP (Justice of the Peace) and BBS (Bronze Bauhinia Star) by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and she has participated in various Hong Kong government committees.