Kimberly J. Ng is the first person of East Asian descent to serve as general manager of a Major League Baseball (MLB) team.

On November 13, 2020, she was hired as general manager of the Miami Marlins.

Ng became the first woman to become a general manager of a men's team in the history of major North American sports, as well as the first female Asian-American and first East Asian-American general manager in MLB history.

Ng was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the first of five daughters. Her father, an American of Cantonese Chinese descent, was a financial analyst, and her mother, Thailand-born of Chinese descent, was a banker.

Her interest in baseball started when she played stickball on the street in Queens and her father taught her about sports.

She played tennis and softball in high school.

She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990, where she played softball for four years and was named MVP infielder, and earned a B.A. in public policy.

Ng began her career as an intern with the Chicago White Sox.

She worked her way up in the front office of several Major League Baseball teams.

In March 1998, she was recruited to work for the New York Yankees as assistant general manager, becoming the youngest in the major leagues, at age 29, and the second woman ever to hold the position.

She joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as vice president and assistant general manager in 2001.

On March 8, 2011, Ng announced that she was leaving the Dodgers to take on the position of senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball.

On November 13, 2020, Ng was hired as general manager of the Miami Marlins.