According to mom's behests: how a former Google employee created a $1 billion company
Seven years ago, Stephen Young left his "dream job" at Google to start his own e-commerce business. Capital was needed to open the business, and Young turned to his mother for advice on whether he should look for venture capital investors. “If you think something will come out of this business, then take my own money,” replied the mother, who resigned from public office and opened her own pharmaceutical business in China.