Helen Zhu

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Helen Zhu
Born
Beijing, China
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Fashion Maven
Websitehttp://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[edit]

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][unreliable source?]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rafkin, Louise (June 11, 2010). "Helen Zhu and Richard Ho". New York Times.
  2. ^ Chang, Angie (March 30, 2012). "Female Founders To Watch From UC Berkeley". Women2.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Next Big Thing: Snap to It". Teen Vogue. July 16, 2008.
  4. ^ Kincaid, Jason (July 23, 2008). "Chictopia Takes On Sugar Inc With "Everybody is Ugly"". TechCrunch.
  5. ^ "Tricks of the trade: Chictopia". UC Berkeley Engineering Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17.
  6. ^ "On Fashion's Tech Frontier: Chictopia Founder Helen Zhu". SFIndieFashion.com. May 20, 2010.
  7. ^ Slink, Missy (May 16, 2010). "Chictopia - a New Approach for Fashion". Yahoo. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014.
  8. ^ "Nylon Loves Chictopia". Nylon. October 27, 2008.
  9. ^ Corcoran, Cate T. (February 17, 2010). "Fashion's New Fever: Bloggers in Spotlight As They Aim for Fame". WWD.
  10. ^ "American Apparel Now Sponsoring Bloggers & Porn Stars (NSFW)". Jezebel. January 20, 2009.
  11. ^ "Chictopia About". Chictopia.
  12. ^ Perry, Caroline (February 2013). "How social media changed the face of fashion". Palatinate.

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