Helen Zhu

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]

Helen Zhu
Born
Beijing, China
OccupationEntrepreneur, Fashion Maven
Websitehttp://www.chictopia.com/

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]

References
  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. "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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