--- title: TIME100 Philanthropy: Michele Kang description: Find out why Michele Kang is on the TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025 list. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-05-20T11:31:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:48:51.410Z og:title: TIME100 Philanthropy: Michele Kang og:description: Find out why Michele Kang is on the TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025 list. og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce0bae8c6e62adb/6998c6bf1500fb4482aa6458/T100PHIL-Trail-Michele-Kang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Philanthropy: Michele Kang og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Philanthropy: Michele Kang twitter:description: Find out why Michele Kang is on the TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025 list. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce0bae8c6e62adb/6998c6bf1500fb4482aa6458/T100PHIL-Trail-Michele-Kang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- May 20, 2025 # Michele Kang Supporting women’s sports by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/) ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent  Bertrand Guay—AFP/Getty Images As a child, Michele Kang [dreamed](https://www.philanthropy.com/article/the-philanthropy-50/?sra=true#id=details%5F1562%5F2024) of becoming a professional athlete. Today, Kang, the billionaire founder of medical technology company Cognosante—which was acquired by Accenture Financial Services last year—is a leading investor in women’s sports, and the owner of a trio of women’s soccer teams: the Washington Spirit in the U.S.; European power OL Lyonnes in France; and England’s London City Lionesses. In 2024, Kang—who is also a longtime philanthropic supporter of veterans and the arts—launched the Kynsica Innovation Hub, a first-of-its-kind multinational research and education center dedicated to unlocking the potential of female athletes. “At the heart of this is my belief that every girl, regardless of where she grows up in the world, should have the same opportunities and access to sports as boys do,” says Kang, 65\. “I’ve seen firsthand how much untapped potential exists.” Since last November, she’s pledged $55 million to U.S. Soccer to, among other things, double the number of National Team camps for girls and women, identify a broader talent pool, and increase licensed female coaches from 40,000 to 80,000\. “These donations,” says Kang, “are ‘seed capital’ for a movement, inviting fans, sponsors, and other investors to join in building a future where women’s sports are fully resourced, celebrated, and respected.” **_Correction, May 20_** _The original version of this story stated that Michele Kang was the CEO of Cognosante. She no longer holds that position._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/"},"headline":"Michele Kang","datePublished":"2025-05-20T11:31:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:48:51.410Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/","keywords":["list","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce0bae8c6e62adb/6998c6bf1500fb4482aa6458/T100PHIL-Trail-Michele-Kang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sean Gregory","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/"}],"creator":"Sean Gregory","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdce0bae8c6e62adb/6998c6bf1500fb4482aa6458/T100PHIL-Trail-Michele-Kang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286058/michele-kang/","name":"Michele Kang"}}]}] ```