Michele Kang
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Michele Kang reads as The Visionary because she priced a future the market had not. Her investments in the Washington Spirit, Lyon, and Gotham FC were conviction-led bets on the commercial and cultural potential of women's sport, made well before consensus caught up with her. She matches that imaginative boldness with a willingness to push boundaries through ownership and advocacy, which places her among the most forward-facing leaders in her field.
“I want to professionalize women's sports. I don't want people to think women's sports is a charity or a corporate DEI project — this is a legitimate entertainment product and it is a business.”
“Ninety-four percent of all science and medical research on athlete performance is dedicated to men. There's just absolute lack of investment. So that has to be done.”
“You need to go in when no one else is believing in it — that's the time to go in, as opposed to when everyone else says this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Michele Kang”
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