Although she’s behind a string of successful, highly acclaimed restaurants and bars under the JIA Group she founded, Singapore-born hospitality entrepreneur Yenn Wong ended up in the business by accident. She was asked by her father, Malaysian tycoon Danny Wong, to come to Hong Kong aged just 23 and revamp a struggling mid-range hotel in Causeway Bay he’d bought. The result, Jia Hotel (later renamed J Plus), became Hong Kong’s first boutique hotel and won her numerous accolades; she followed it up with another branch in Shanghai. These days, JIA Group is best known for its range of successful high end restaurants, which continues to expand: in 2022 it opened the rustic Italian Ramato with chef Antimo Maria Merone of Estro; and the Spanish fine dining Agora, located inside Tai Kwun, with chef Antonio Oviedo from 22 Ships. In the same year, two of its restaurants, Latin American Mono and Japanese-Argentinian Ando, were awarded their first Michelin stars; Mono was also named Tatler Dining's Restaurant of the Year 2023. Other acclaimed JIA Group outlets include Duddell’s, Chachawan, 208 Duecento Otto, Louise, Potato Head and Aberdeen Street Social.

Named Tatler Hong Kong’s Restaurateur of the Year in 2016 and 2022 and Entrepreneur of the Year by Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability in 2017, she is married to fellow F&B innovator Alan Lo, with whom she has three sons.