COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
Jasvinder, a survivor of a forced marriage and
an outspoken campaigner, is an author and the
Founder and Chief Executive of Karma Nirvana,
a UK-based nationwide helpline initiated with a
view to create a support network for women who
experienced language and cultural barriers or are
impacted by forced marriages and honor-based
violence. Jasvinder has used the authority of her
life experience to inform legislative change in the
UK and has been credited for her role in bringing
about the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act of
2007. She is also the author of the two bestselling
books Shame and Daughters of Shame, as well as
the recently-published Shame Travels. Few of her
accolades being The Woman of the Year Award
2007, Pride of Britain Award 2009, Global Punjabi
Society Award 2012, Cosmopolitan Wonder
Woman Award 2010, Inspirational Woman of the
Year Award 2008, Asian Woman Achievement
Award 2007, Ambassador for Peace Award 2008
and many others.
JASVINDER
SANGHERA
Citizenship/Residence
India/UK
Jenny Lee is the highest-ranked woman on the 2015 Midas
List. Her current portfolio includes Yodo1, Chukong
Technologies and China Talent Group. Jenny Lee is one of the
most respected investors in the Chinese tech scene, one of her
greatest investments was her 2010 backing of social platform
YY, which went public in the U.S. in 2012. A former jet and
drone engineer, she led a $10 million round into Chinese
unmanned aerial vehicle maker, Ehang. Lee has spent the last
14 years in the China investment scene, previously working at
JAFCO Asia before joining GGV in 2005 and helping to open
its Shanghai office.
JENNY LEE
Citizenship/Residence
Shanghai, China
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JHUMPA LAHIRI
Citizenship/Residence
Brooklyn, Newyork
One of the most sought after novelist with Bengali
parentage, author Jhumpa Lahiri published her
debut in 1999, Interpreter of Maladies, winning
the Pulitzer Prize. She followed up in 2003 with
her first novel, The Namesake, and returned to
short stories with the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Unaccustomed Earth. Lahiri’s 2013
novel, The Lowland, was partially inspired by realworld political events. She is one of the recipients
of the White House’s annual National Medal of
Arts and National Humanities.