Michael Wu is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Madewell, a leading denim and casual apparel company.
Before joining Madewell in 2019, Michael was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE: CRI), a leading children’s apparel company. Michael joined Carter’s in 2014 and was responsible for legal and government affairs, compliance, internal audit, risk management and corporate social responsibility.
Before Carter’s, Michael was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST), an education technology software company. He joined Rosetta Stone in 2006 and oversaw the company’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2009 and the acquisitions of Lexia Learning, Livemocha, Tell Me More and Vivity Labs.
Prior to Rosetta Stone, Michael was Vice President and General Counsel at Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLGB), an international telecommunications provider. Michael led Teleglobe’s acquisition of ITXC Corp., the listing of Teleglobe on NASDAQ in 2004 and the sale of Teleglobe to the Tata Group in 2006.
Prior to Teleglobe, Michael was a Senior Counsel at Global One, an international joint venture between Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. He was also associated with Baker Botts LLP in Houston, Texas and a firm in Washington, D.C. that merged into Morgan Lewis.
Michael serves on the advisory boards of the Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel Institute and the Asian American Bar Association of New York. Michael is also a member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association board of directors.