Yie-Hsin Hung ’84 (’22 P)

CEO, New York Life Investment Management

Yie-Hsin Hung is chief executive officer of New York Life Investment Management, a global asset-management business. Since joining the company in 2010, Hung has led the strategy to broaden the company’s products and expand internationally, resulting in more than a three-fold increase in third party assets under management.

As the top-ranking female operating executive at New York Life, Hung also serves on the company’s executive management committee.

Before joining New York Life, she was the management committee adviser at Bridgewater Associates. For nearly two decades, she was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

In 2018 and 2017, Hung was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance by American Banker. She also received the 2018 North American Industry Leadership Award from 100 Women in Finance. This year, she was awarded “Person of the Year” by Markets Media. Hung is also a member of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and a member of the US Institute Asset Management CEO Roundtable.

In addition to her professional roles, Hung is a member of several groups that champion women and Asian Americans in asset management. She serves on the boards of Next for Autism and the New England Center for Children, nonprofit organizations focused on innovative services and education for families touched by autism.

A member of the advisory council for Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, Hung is a member of the Northwestern University Marching and Band Alumni and the Women’s Initiative of Northwestern.

Hung holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Northwestern Engineering and an MBA from Harvard University.

She is married to Stephen Farinelli ’84, whom she met during her first year at Northwestern. They have three children—Mia, Cole, and Michael. Hung’s late father, Yuan-Chung Hung ’65 PhD, earned his doctoral degree in civil engineering from the University.