{{Short description|CEO}} {{Infobox person |name = Jenny Ming |image = |caption = |birth_name = Jenny Ming |birth_date = 1955 |birth_place = Canton, China |death_date = |death_place = |party = |alma_mater = San José State University |years_active = |occupation = Retail fashion executive |boards = Levi Strauss & Co., Poshmark<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.poshmark.com/2019/08/29/poshmark-appoints-veteran-retail-executive-jenny-ming-to-board-of-directors/|title=Poshmark Appoints Veteran Retail Executive Jenny Ming To Board Of Directors|date=29 August 2019 |publisher=Poshmark|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref> |spouse = |children = |parents = |relatives = }}

'''Jenny Ming''' (born 1955)<ref name="Jenny Ming Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Ming-Jenny.html/|title=Jenny Ming Biography|publisher=Encyclopedia of World Biography|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> is a retail fashion industry executive who served as the president and chief executive officer of Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. from 2009 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotterusse.com/custserv/custserv.jsp?pageName=About|title=About Us|publisher=Charlotte Russe|accessdate=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718193829/http://www.charlotterusse.com/custserv/custserv.jsp?pageName=About|archive-date=July 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1999 to 2006, Ming was president of Old Navy, a $6.7 billion business segment of Gap Inc., where she oversaw all aspects of Old Navy and its 900 retail clothing stores in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2012/retail-executive-jenny-j-ming-is-2012-commencement-speaker/|title=Retail Executive Jenny J. Ming is 2012 Commencement Speaker|publisher=SJSU|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Ming was born in China and raised in San Francisco. In middle school, she took an interest in home economics and intended to major in it in college.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Old Navy Co-Founder and Board Member Jenny Ming on Why Strong Brands Focus on Their People |url=https://www.thesavageleader.com/savage-leader-podcast/old-navy-co-founder-jenny-ming |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=The Savage Leader |language=en-US}}</ref> However, her school soon canceled the program. After starting to take merchandising, marketing, and fashion design classes,<ref name=":0" /> in 1978, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in clothing merchandising with a minor in marketing from San José State University.<ref name="Jenny Ming Biography"/> In May 2012, Ming delivered the keynote address at San José State University's spring commencement ceremony and received an honorary doctor of humane letters from the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2012/retail-executive-jenny-j-ming-is-2012-commencement-speaker/|title=Retail Executive Jenny J. Ming is 2012 Commencement Speaker|publisher=SJSU|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/alumni/Honorary-Degrees/Pages/Jenny-J-Ming.aspx/|title=Jenny J. Ming|publisher=The California State University|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref>

== Career == Ming's career began in management at a Mervyn's department store before she was personally recruited by Gap CEO Mickey Drexler in 1986.<ref name="Jenny Ming Biography"/> Ming joined the San Francisco-based retailer as a buyer, and quickly worked her way up through the Gap management ranks, becoming a vice president after three years on the job.

In 1994, Drexler assigned Ming to a new executive team that would oversee a planned Gap spin-off, to be called Old Navy. In 1996, Ming became executive vice president of merchandising for the chain and was named president in March 1999.<ref name="Jenny Ming Biography"/>

Business Week magazine named Ming one of the nation's top-25 managers in 2000. She also appeared in Fortune magazine's 2003 and 2004 lists of the 50 most powerful women in American business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2012/retail-executive-jenny-j-ming-is-2012-commencement-speaker/|title=Retail Executive Jenny J. Ming is 2012 Commencement Speaker|publisher=SJSU|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

==Board activities==

According to Forbes.com, Ming has served on several boards, including Levi Strauss & Co., Poshmark, Paper Source, and Kaiser Permanente.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chan|first=Angela|title=Women Who Board: Jenny Ming, Former CEO Of Charlotte Russe And Former President Of Old Navy, On Overcoming Stereotypes And Making An Impact|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/angelachan/2020/07/01/women-who-board-jenny-ming-former-ceo-of-charlotte-russe-and-former-president-of-old-navy-on-overcoming-stereotypes-and-making-an-impact/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

* Board of directors of Levi Strauss & Co.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-06|title=Levi Strauss & Co. Appoints Jenny Ming to Board of Directors|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141006005225/en/Levi-Strauss-Co.-Appoints-Jenny-Ming-to-Board-of-Directors|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}</ref> *Board of directors of Poshmark<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Poshmark|title=Poshmark Appoints Veteran Retail Executive Jenny Ming to Board of Directors|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/poshmark-appoints-veteran-retail-executive-jenny-ming-to-board-of-directors-300908962.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref> *Board of directors of Paper Source<ref>{{Cite web|last=US|first=FashionNetwork com|title=Poshmark adds former Charlotte Russe CEO Jenny Ming to board|url=https://us.fashionnetwork.com/news/Poshmark-adds-former-charlotte-russe-ceo-jenny-ming-to-board,1132196.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=FashionNetwork.com|date=2 September 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Board of directors of Affirm (company)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors {{!}} Affirm Holdings, Inc.|url=https://investors.affirm.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=investors.affirm.com|language=en}}</ref> *Former board of directors of Kaiser Permanente<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaiser board member Jenny Ming resigns under pressure from NUHW|url=https://nuhw.org/kaiser-board-member-jenny-ming-resigns-pressure-nuhw/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=National Union of Healthcare Workers|language=en}}</ref>

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