Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Innovations, which created a low-cost infant warmer that has helped more than one million babies in low-resource settings. A social entrepreneur, she combines design thinking with scalable business models to tackle critical global health challenges. 

Her new book, Like a Wave We Break: a Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself, tells the story of her globe-spanning journey to break free of the narratives that once defined her and confront the long-buried truths of a traumatic past. It was published by Penguin Random House in October 2025.

Chen’s work has been featured on global stages including the World Economic Forum and TED. She received the Economist Innovation Award and Fast Company Innovation Award and was recognized as Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum. She received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and her MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

This appearance by Jane Chen is part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Subscribe to our eCorner YouTube channel, where we bring founders, investors and industry influencers to center stage and invite them to share what it takes to become a disruptor.