However, to satisfy family expectations, she ended up choosing to go to Ming Chuan University to study business administration. After graduating, she went to the United States for further training, working at the American computing company Atari before returning to Taiwan to take her place in the family business.
只是在家族的期待中，李慧芬還是選擇銘傳商專商業文書科就讀，畢業後赴美進修，曾於美國電腦硬體公司 ATARI 任職，隨後返台成為家族企業的一員。