Jury Member

Yeon Jeong (Jenny) Cho

2019 Fellow | Ex-CEO and Co-founder of SAY Global

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Creating Opportunities

Yeon Jeong (Jenny) Cho

South Korea/America

Jenny is an impact-driven entrepreneur at heart. She is passionate about building things from 0 to 1 and committed to supporting other women entrepreneurs.

Jenny Cho is an impact-driven entrepreneur who co-founded and successfully exited her edutech startup, SAY Global ("SAY"). Strongly motivated by the desire to address issues in a rapidly-aging society, Jenny built and led SAY for nearly six years, connecting senior tutors with Korean language learners around the world.

In addition to her work with SAY, Jenny has experience as an investment banker in Seoul, South Korea, where she was the first female banker on her team in eight years. Most recently, she relocated to the United States, where she joined the Growth team at Rippling, one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS companies in Silicon Valley.

As a 2019 Cartier Women's Initiative Fellow, Jenny has been an active member of the community, promoting the program to fellow entrepreneurs in Korea and supporting other women entrepreneurs globally as a mentor and subject matter expert.

Jenny holds a B.A. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and an Executive degree in Social Entrepreneurship from INSEAD. She was also selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019 for her work with SAY.