“I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.”

American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer

Amy Lynn Chua is an American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she focuses on international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization. She joined Yale in 2001 after teaching at Duke Law School for seven years. Before entering academia, she worked as a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.