Clara Wu Tsai is a businesswoman and philanthropist. She is Governor and Owner of the New York Liberty and Owner of the Brooklyn Nets. As Vice Chair of Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, the teams’ parent company, she oversees fan development and community engagement in Brooklyn.
Ms. Wu Tsai’s philanthropic investments span the arts, science, and social justice. She founded the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, which unites six universities to advance the science of human performance. In science and technology, she supports the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University and the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University, both dedicated to advancing the understanding of human cognition. She established the Social Justice Fund in 2020 to catalyze economic mobility in Brooklyn, and is a founding partner of the REFORM Alliance, which works to reform the criminal justice system.
Ms. Wu Tsai serves on the Boards of Trustees for Stanford University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and on the Advisory Board for the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. She was an executive producer of several films, including Into the Okavango (2018), Blue Bayou (2021), Unfinished Business (2022), Bedford Park (2026 Sundance Special Jury winner), and Bucking Fastard (2026), directed by Werner Herzog.
Previously, Ms. Wu Tsai was General Manager of Hong Kong operations for Taobao, China’s largest online shopping platform, and a Vice President at American Express in New York and Hong Kong.
She holds a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
