Cindy Lee (businesswoman)

Cindy Lee is a Canadian businesswoman who founded T&T Supermarket, the largest retail grocery chain in Canada that sells Asian foodstuffs. She became president and CEO in 1993.[1] Lee retired as CEO in 2014 and was succeeded by her daughter, Tina Lee. Cindy Lee sits on T&T Supermarkets' board of directors. Her other daughter, Tiffany Shao-Chin Lee, is corporate counsel for online grocer Thrive Market in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Biography

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Lee was born in Taiwan, one of eight children in a family of entrepreneurs. She studied accounting at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan and immigrated to Canada in 1976. She worked as a bookkeeper, and has been married to her husband Jack since 1978. They have three children.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Werb, Jessica (November 4, 2009). "inShare Cindy Lee". BC Business. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Tiffany Lee, Alan Pham". The New York Times. 2019-06-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ Ebner, David (2009–2010). A dynasty built on instinct. Vancouver: Globe and Mail. pp. 1–2.