WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.526 >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF -- 00:03.527 --> 00:05.619 >> STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 00:05.630 --> 00:10.950 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON 00:10.984 --> 00:12.388 NBC NEWS NOW. 00:12.399 --> 00:14.156 >>> A PIONEER ON WALL STREET 00:14.157 --> 00:15.728 AND IN ART IS SHARING HER STORY 00:15.739 --> 00:17.369 AND HOW SHE EMIGRATED TO THE 00:17.370 --> 00:19.197 U.S. AND ENDED UP BECOMING A 00:19.208 --> 00:21.806 POWERHOUSE FROM ART GALLERIES 00:21.840 --> 00:24.669 TO BOARDROOMS. 00:24.680 --> 00:27.627 >> Reporter: SHE STANDS JUST 00:27.628 --> 00:29.772 OVER FIVE FEET TALL, BUT DON’T 00:29.773 --> 00:30.266 BE FOOLED. 00:30.277 --> 00:31.822 SHE IS A POWERHOUSE, BOTH ON 00:31.856 --> 00:32.952 WALL STREET AND ON FIFTH 00:32.953 --> 00:34.644 AVENUE, WHERE SHE HAS SIX 00:34.655 --> 00:35.720 GALLERIES AT THE MET. 00:35.731 --> 00:38.426 >> I THINK ART HAS INCREDIBLE 00:38.460 --> 00:40.304 POWER, AND I THINK ART REMINDS 00:40.315 --> 00:42.913 YOU THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN 00:42.924 --> 00:44.829 BEINGS, AND WHEN YOU SEE A MADE 00:44.830 --> 00:46.277 PIECE OF ART, WHETHER IT IS 00:46.311 --> 00:48.860 WOOD OR CANVAS, YOU ARE 00:48.871 --> 00:50.762 REMINDED ON THE HUMAN EFFORT 00:50.796 --> 00:52.669 BEHIND IT AND WE ALL HAVE THAT 00:52.680 --> 00:54.612 IN US, AND TO SUPPORT IT AND 00:54.623 --> 00:56.294 WORK TOGETHER ON IT, ADMIRE IT 00:56.328 --> 00:59.818 TOGETHER, IT REALLY DOES BRING 00:59.829 --> 01:00.568 US TOGETHER. 01:00.579 --> 01:01.624 >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 01:01.635 --> 01:02.813 TELL ME ABOUT IT. 01:02.847 --> 01:05.840 >> IT IS SO OUTSTANDING, THE 01:05.851 --> 01:07.802 INCREDIBLE VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF THE CURVES IN THE BACK AND 01:07.836 --> 01:11.192 THE CURVES IN THE BACK AND 01:11.203 --> 01:16.813 OCCURS IN THE ARM SUPPORTS. 01:16.814 --> 01:19.992 >> Reporter: SHE IS ALMOST 80, 01:19.994 --> 01:21.585 BUT LIFE FOR HER ISN’T ALWAYS 01:21.619 --> 01:22.633 AS IT IS NOW. 01:22.644 --> 01:23.715 ONE OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, WONG 01:23.716 --> 01:24.812 IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 01:24.823 --> 01:26.148 WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS 01:26.182 --> 01:27.302 JUST FOUR YEARS OLD AMID THE 01:27.313 --> 01:28.041 CHINESE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION. 01:28.052 --> 01:28.908 >> WE HAD TO START FROM 01:28.919 --> 01:29.197 SCRATCH. 01:29.199 --> 01:30.243 WE LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND. 01:30.244 --> 01:32.442 WE ONLY HAD OUR FAMILY AT OUR 01:32.476 --> 01:33.686 DREAM OF A LIFE TOGETHER. 01:33.697 --> 01:35.310 >> Reporter: NOT KNOWING A WORD 01:35.321 --> 01:36.273 OF ENGLISH, LULU QUICKLY FOUND 01:36.274 --> 01:36.871 HER WAY. 01:36.882 --> 01:39.086 >> MY MOTHER CAME UP TO ME AND 01:39.088 --> 01:39.805 SHE SAID SOMETHING. 01:39.816 --> 01:41.503 I HAD NO IDEA. 01:41.505 --> 01:43.148 I WONDERED WHAT, AND I THOUGHT 01:43.150 --> 01:46.518 LATER ON SHE WAS ASKING ME 01:46.553 --> 01:47.880 WHERE’S THE WASTEPAPER BASKET. 01:47.881 --> 01:49.379 >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE NOT 01:49.390 --> 01:50.894 ONLY ADAPTED TO HER NEW HOME 01:50.928 --> 01:53.658 BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH AMERICA. 01:53.669 --> 01:54.801 AFTER GRADUATING, SHE MARRIED 01:54.812 --> 01:55.888 HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND 01:55.899 --> 01:59.673 HAD A SON, BUT IT IS WHILE SHE 01:59.674 --> 02:01.302 WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM THAT SHE 02:01.313 --> 02:02.133 HAD A REALIZATION. 02:02.134 --> 02:03.491 >> I THOUGHT WALL STREET WAS AN 02:03.502 --> 02:04.464 INTERESTING PLACE TO GO. 02:04.475 --> 02:05.911 IT WAS A PLACE TO ASK WHY. 02:05.912 --> 02:07.207 >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE LATE 02:07.241 --> 02:08.500 70s, A TIME WHEN VERY FEW WOMEN 02:08.511 --> 02:11.588 WERE WORKING ON WALL STREET, 02:11.599 --> 02:13.010 LET ALONE READING IT. 02:13.044 --> 02:14.596 >> AND EVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF 02:14.598 --> 02:15.759 AS JUST A WOMAN OR JUST A 02:15.770 --> 02:16.274 CHINESE PERSON. 02:16.275 --> 02:18.940 I WANTED TO LEARN, REALLY 02:18.942 --> 02:19.941 WANTED TO SUCCEED. 02:19.942 --> 02:21.444 OR BACK AND SUCCEED SHE DID. 02:21.455 --> 02:22.694 WONG WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND 02:22.695 --> 02:23.728 EARNED AN MBA COLUMBIA 02:23.729 --> 02:24.812 BUSINESS SCHOOL AND EVEN OPENED 02:24.813 --> 02:25.695 HER OWN HEDGE FUND. 02:25.696 --> 02:28.147 >> Reporter: DO YOU CONSIDER 02:28.182 --> 02:29.173 YOURSELF A TRAILBLAZER? 02:29.184 --> 02:30.757 >> I SUPPOSE YOU MIGHT SAY WAS 02:30.758 --> 02:32.393 A TRAILBLAZER ON WALL STREET. 02:32.404 --> 02:34.307 PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SAID IT IS A 02:34.308 --> 02:36.366 HARD AREA FOR WOMEN TO GET 02:36.368 --> 02:37.606 TRACTION. AND AGAIN, I NEVER 02:37.607 --> 02:38.535 REALLY THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS 02:38.546 --> 02:39.703 JUST A WOMAN. 02:39.705 --> 02:42.364 IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO REALLY 02:42.375 --> 02:44.087 HAD A VISION OF WHAT MY FIRM 02:44.088 --> 02:44.894 SHOULD BE. 02:44.928 --> 02:46.563 >> Reporter: AFTER HER 02:46.574 --> 02:47.926 FINANCIAL SUCCESS, IT WAS HER 02:47.961 --> 02:49.744 LOVE OF COLLECTING THAT BROUGHT 02:49.755 --> 02:50.831 HER TO THE MET. 02:50.832 --> 02:52.226 >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT 02:52.260 --> 02:53.405 MAKE IT VERY NEW YORK. 02:53.416 --> 02:55.577 ONE IS THAT VERY BLOCKY STYLE, 02:55.578 --> 02:59.890 VERY STRONG, AND THEN THE 02:59.925 --> 03:01.818 SERPENTINE FRONT, WITH THAT 03:01.829 --> 03:07.914 VERY TYPICAL NEW YORK, VERY 03:07.949 --> 03:08.851 STRONG. 03:08.852 --> 03:11.458 >> Reporter: FOR LULU, THE MET 03:11.469 --> 03:13.330 IS A PLACE THAT IS A DAILY 03:13.331 --> 03:14.632 REMINDER OF HER AMERICAN DREAM 03:14.633 --> 03:15.475 JOURNEY. 03:15.486 --> 03:18.683 >> THIS CAPTURES US SO MUCH OF 03:18.694 --> 03:20.926 WHAT I HAVE ADMIRED AN AMERICAN 03:20.937 --> 03:22.938 SPIRIT. I THINK WHAT DRAWS 03:22.972 --> 03:24.358 IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA IS THAT 03:24.369 --> 03:25.666 THERE IS THIS SENSE OF COURAGE 03:25.668 --> 03:27.289 IN STANDING FOR THE RIGHT 03:27.290 --> 03:28.140 THINGS IN LIFE. 03:28.151 --> 03:31.294 >> Reporter: AMID A TIME WHERE 03:31.305 --> 03:33.078 THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED IN ON 03:33.089 --> 03:34.706 AMERICA’S 248th BIRTHDAY, SHE 03:34.707 --> 03:36.380 HOPES HER STORY INSPIRES OTHERS. 03:36.415 --> 03:38.251 >> I REALLY FEEL IF YOU START 03:38.262 --> 03:39.581 LIFE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, 03:39.592 --> 03:42.462 AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A 03:42.497 --> 03:43.888 SITUATION LIKE IN AMERICA WHERE 03:43.899 --> 03:45.052 EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, THEN 03:45.086 --> 03:47.370 YOU CAN DO THE BEST YOU CAN, 03:47.381 --> 03:50.311 AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SUCCESS, 03:50.313 --> 03:53.697 TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. 03:53.708 --> 03:55.529 NOT ONLY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, 03:55.540 --> 03:57.107 BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE 03:57.118 --> 04:02.730 WITH OTHERS, AND THIS IS WHAT 04:02.741 --> 04:04.071 MAKES AMERICA GREAT. 04:04.106 --> 04:05.518 >> PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON 04:05.529 --> 04:06.837 THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET 04:06.871 --> 04:07.677 THAT CLOSE TO THE EXHIBITIONS, 04:07.688 --> 04:08.189 SO COOL. 04:08.190 --> 04:09.393 LULU WONG HAS ACCOMPLISHED A 04:09.404 --> 04:10.712 LOT . THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT 04:10.746 --> 04:11.646 IS NEXT FOR HER? 04:11.647 --> 04:14.463 >> Reporter: WELL, I HAVE TO 04:14.474 --> 04:16.672 SAY, THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF MY 04:16.673 --> 04:17.479 FAVORITE INTERVIEWS I HAVE EVER 04:17.480 --> 04:17.902 DONE. 04:17.903 --> 04:19.289 LULU WONG TRULY IS A 04:19.290 --> 04:19.605 TRAILBLAZER. 04:19.639 --> 04:21.995 SHE HAS THIS MAGICAL SPIRIT. 04:22.006 --> 04:24.513 SHE IS GOING TO BE 80 THIS FALL, 04:24.524 --> 04:26.243 YET SHE FOCUSES ON THE ARTS, 04:26.277 --> 04:28.137 HOW SHE CAN SUPPORT THE MET, AND OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE 04:28.138 --> 04:30.208 AND OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE 04:30.219 --> 04:34.371 COUNTRY WITH HER HUSBAND, TONY. 04:34.382 --> 04:37.466 SHE IS A WONDERFUL SISTER AND 04:37.477 --> 04:39.977 AN AUNT TO HER NIECES, AND YOU 04:39.988 --> 04:42.166 KNOW, SHE ALSO SUPPORTS FEMALE 04:42.177 --> 04:45.282 ENTREPRENEURS, SO SHE STILL 04:45.316 --> 04:47.669 DOES INVESTING FOR WOMEN WHO 04:47.680 --> 04:50.355 ARE TRAILBLAZERS IN THEIR 04:50.356 --> 04:51.807 RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES, SO SHE 04:51.808 --> 04:53.398 HAS HER HANDS IN MANY THINGS. 04:53.433 --> 04:54.563 SHE IS TRULY INSPIRING.