Jin Sook Chang is the cofounder of Forever 21. After immigrating to the United States in 1981, she and her husband Do Won opened their predecessor to Forever 21 on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles in 1984. The couple has grown the company into one of the largest clothing retailers in the country

Jin Sook Chang came to the U.S. in 1981 and worked as a hairdresser to make ends meet. In 1984, she and her husband Do Won used $11,000 in savings to open a 900 sq-foot clothing store in Los Angeles, initially called Fashion 21. Forever 21 is now a $4 billion teen retailer and employs 43,000 people in 800 stores across 48 countries