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]

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]^{[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]

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

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