Rank #3295
Michele Kang
Net worth $1.1B
Healthcare IT · United States
- Born
- Jun 26, 1959
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Healthcare IT
- Residence
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Michele Kang founded healthcare information technology firm Cognosante in 2008, which she sold to Accenture in 2024.
- Born in South Korea, Kang moved to the United States for college and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from The University of Chicago and a master's degree from Yale.
- She owns majority stakes in the NWSL's Washington Spirit, France's OL Lyonnes and England's London City Lionesses, which recently earned promotion to the Women's Super League.
- She also has a stake in John Textor's Eagle Football Holdings, which controls four other clubs but is currently restructuring.
- In 2024, Kang launched Kynisca, the world's first multi-team global organization focused on professionalizing women's football, and proving its commercial potential and cultural impact.
- Kang is the first woman of color to be the majority owner of a National Women's Soccer League team.
- Kang convinced her parents to use her wedding fund to finance her first year of college in the U.S.