Anna Wong, Co-Founder Of Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide Wants To Empower Women Business Owners

Anna Wong is the founder of the Hong Kong-based Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide (FEW), an organization aimed at empowering businesswomen. Hot off the heels of a successful Female Entrepreneurs Day conference, she talks with Jack McCormack about her background and what it means to be a female entrepreneur in Hong Kong.

I’m currently working on a couple of projects aside from FEW including a public relations business, and a company that launched in America last year.

The public relations industry is very male-dominated. When people think of communications or public relations, people think about a female industry. But when it comes to higher management, it’s all men.

If women want to move up to a higher position, they have to put in much more effort.

When I wanted to start my business, I didn’t see much of a support group in Hong Kong. In America you see a growing number of these support groups for businesswomen.

I thought to myself, why not just start one in Hong Kong?

We knew we wanted to bring businesswomen together to talk about business and share results.

In Hong Kong, women are quite independent; they have their personal and professional goals.