About Sue Meng

Sue Meng is Partner and Managing Director of Duquesne Family Office, LLC, the investment firm of Stanley Druckenmiller.  She leads the firm’s private investment strategy, which focuses on backing disruptive, high-growth technology and life sciences companies globally.  Ms. Meng also serves as General Counsel to Mr. Druckenmiller.    

Ms. Meng serves on the boards of Ledgebrook, an insuretech company, and Soley Therapeutics, a drug discovery company, alongside fellow investors and board members Doug Leone and Jim Breyer.  She is also on the advisory board of Q.ANT, a German photonic chip company.

Ms. Meng is President of the Board of Trustees of The Brearley School and formerly chaired its Audit Committee.  Ms. Meng also serves as executive vice president and secretary of the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep.  As a former Rhodes and Soros scholar, Ms. Meng has previously served on the national selection committees for the Rhodes, Soros and Schwarzman scholarships.

Previously, Ms. Meng was a corporate partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.  In her practice at Debevoise, Ms. Meng advised public companies, boards of directors and special committees on mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and other significant matters.

Ms. Meng was selected as Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer (2022) for her representation of Discovery in its $130 billion acquisition of Warner Media from AT&T, one of the largest deals in the world in 2021. She was also selected as Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer (2020) for her

representation of Toyota Motor Corporation in its $1 billion joint investment, alongside Softbank, in Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group.

While at Debevoise, Ms. Meng was ranked as a leading M&A lawyer by Chambers USA on its “Corporate M&A: The Elite” list.

Ms. Meng received an A.B., magna cum laude, with highest honors in History and Literature from Harvard University. She received a M.St. with distinction in English Literature and a M.Phil. with distinction in Modern Chinese Studies from Oxford University, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar. She received a J.D. from Yale Law School. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Education

  • BA in History, Harvard University
  • MS in English Literature, University of Oxford
  • MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies, University of Oxford
  • JD in Law, Yale University

Professional Fields

Work History

  • Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Managing Director and Partner, Duquesne Family Office, LLC
  • Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton

Milestones and Recognition

  • Rhodes Scholar
  • Prep for Prep Scholar

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