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Compared to their population base, Asian Americans today are well represented in the professional sector and tend to earn higher wages, especially in [[technology]] and [[business]]. <ref name="Broad racial disparities persist">{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15704759/|title=Broad racial disparities persist|accessdate=2006-12-18}}</ref> However, much has been written about the [[glass ceiling]] in regards to Asians, for they have been far less represented in higher levels of management compared with other ethnic groups.
 
Some Asian Americans have made major contributions to the American economy. [[An Wang]] founded [[Wang Laboratories]] in June 1951. [[Jen-Hsun Huang]] co-founded the [[NvidiaNVIDIA]] corporation in 1993. [[Jerry Yang]] co-founded [[Yahoo]]! Inc. in 1994. [[Andrea Jung]] serves as Chairman and CEO of [[Avon Products]]. [[Vinod Khosla]] was a founding CEO of [[Sun Microsystems]] and is a successful general partner of the venture capital firm [[Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers]]. [[Sabeer Bhatia]] co-founded [[Hotmail]], which was acquired by [[Microsoft]].
 
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