Who is Kim Ng? Here's how Marlins GM broke glass ceiling to be first woman to earn top job at MLB team
Kim Ng, who was appointed as the General Manager (GM) of the Miami Marlins, is more than willing to start her new job. Though she was given the top post in November last year, the 52-year-old’s real work started recently when the full Marlins team assembled in Jupiter, Florida, for the first full workout. Unable to contain her excitement, Ng told the media via video call, “It’s my first as a general manager, but I think it’s also my first spring training in a long time, and that definitely adds to it. And as I’ve sat here the last week or so with these guys, it all comes back to me very naturally and in my head I’ve thought, ‘This is what I’ve done for most of my career,’ and nothing has taken me by surprise, yet, which is a good thing.”
She continued, “Having been here before as an assistant general manager for 13 years and knowing how spring training goes – those are all things of comfort. You just realize you’ve been here before. The only thing really different is, now you get to make the decisions."
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