Helen Zhu Explained

Helen Zhu
Birth Place:Beijing, China
Occupation:Entrepreneur, Fashion Maven
Website:http://www.chictopia.com/

Helen Zhu is an Internet entrepreneur and social media producer.[1] [2] She is the CEO of Chictopia, an international social media site focused on fashion.[3] [4]

Career

Zhu attended the University of California Berkeley, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering.[5] For 8 years after graduation, she worked for numerous online companies.[6] In 2008, Zhu, along with fellow UC Berkeley grad Corinne Chan, founded Chictopia.[7]

Chictopia has received mentions in Teen Vogue, Nylon, Women's Wear Daily, and Jezebel.[3] [8] [9] [10] The site currently does more than 13 million pageview per month from 255,000 members.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Helen Zhu and Richard Ho . Rafkin, Louise . New York Times . June 11, 2010.
  2. Web site: Female Founders To Watch From UC Berkeley . Chang, Angie . Women2.com . March 30, 2012 . March 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130718195239/http://women2.com/female-founders-to-watch-uc-berkeley-edition/ . July 18, 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Next Big Thing: Snap to It . Teen Vogue . July 16, 2008.
  4. Web site: Chictopia Takes On Sugar Inc With "Everybody is Ugly" . Kincaid, Jason . TechCrunch . July 23, 2008.
  5. News: Tricks of the trade: Chictopia . UC Berkeley Engineering Alumni Magazine . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140117022344/http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/publications/forefront/archive/forefront-spring-2009/alumni-update/tricks-of-the-trade-chictopia . 2014-01-17 .
  6. Web site: On Fashion's Tech Frontier: Chictopia Founder Helen Zhu . SFIndieFashion.com . May 20, 2010.
  7. Web site: Chictopia - a New Approach for Fashion . Slink, Missy . Yahoo . May 16, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101061419/http://voices.yahoo.com/chictopia-approach-fashion-6023936.html . January 1, 2014 .
  8. News: Nylon Loves Chictopia . Nylon . October 27, 2008.
  9. News: Fashion's New Fever: Bloggers in Spotlight As They Aim for Fame . Corcoran, Cate T. . WWD . February 17, 2010.
  10. Web site: American Apparel Now Sponsoring Bloggers & Porn Stars (NSFW) . Jezebel . January 20, 2009.
  11. Web site: Chictopia About . Chictopia.
  12. Web site: How social media changed the face of fashion . Perry, Caroline . Palatinate . February 2013.

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