Age, Biography and Wiki
Michelle K. Lee was born on 1965 in Santa Clara, California, US, is an A 21st-century american businesswoman. Discover Michelle K. Lee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Michelle K. Lee Height, Weight & Measurements
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Michelle K. Lee Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michelle K. Lee worth at the age of 59 years old? Michelle K. Lee’s income source is mostly from being a successful businesswoman. She is from United States. We have estimated Michelle K. Lee's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Michelle Kwok Lee, born 1965 in Santa Clara, California, was vice president of Amazon Web Services and a former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
During her senate confirmation hearing, Lee testified that she was first exposed to technology and innovation when she built a Heathkit radio with her father.
Her family is of Chinese descent.
Lee simultaneously obtained a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1989; her master's thesis was on qualitative behavior of nonlinear circuits.
She obtained her Juris Doctor from Stanford University School of Law in 1992.
Before her legal career, Lee worked as a computer scientist at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories and at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
She was admitted to practice law in California in 1992, and is a registered US patent attorney.
Lee served as a clerk for federal judges Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Paul Redmond Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Prior to joining the USPTO, she was an attorney with the law firm of Keker & Van Nest from 1994 to 1996, when she joined Fenwick & West, where she later became a partner, before resigning in 2003 and joining Google.
Lee was deputy general counsel and head of patents and patent strategy at Google from 2003 to 2012.
While at Google, she co-founded Chief IP Counsels (ChIPs), a networking organization for female patent attorneys.
Lee's first position with the USPTO was as Director of its Silicon Valley satellite office.
She was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director on January 13, 2014.
In October 2014, President Barack Obama announced that he intended to nominate Lee to the office of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, heading the USPTO on a permanent basis.
Obama officially nominated Lee on November 11, and her initial confirmation hearing was held December 10.
However, Congress adjourned without her confirmation, and the nomination was returned to the President on December 17.
Following Senate rules, in order for Lee to be confirmed; Obama re-nominated her to the Senate of the 114th Congress, and he did so on January 8, 2015.
Her second confirmation hearing was held January 21, and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously in favor of her confirmation on February 26.
Lee was confirmed by the full Senate by voice vote on March 9, 2015, and took the oath of office on March 12, when she was sworn in by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Lee resigned from the USPTO on June 6, 2017.
Upon Lee's resignation, USPTO Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal began performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office until Andrei Iancu was sworn in.
In September 2019, Lee became vice president of Amazon Web Services.
She is also a full-term member of the MIT Corporation, which operates her alma mater.
