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Ming Zhao

San Francisco
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Ming Zhao’s Biography

Ming Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of PROVEN Skincare, an award-winning technology-powered personalized skincare company. She is an immigrant, a third-generation entrepreneur, and a mother whose daughter is the same age as her startup.

At the age of 12, with no knowledge of English, she immigrated from China to the United States. Within three years of being in the country, she scored a perfect score on her verbal SATs. Her grandfather, at the age of 19, walked 1500 kilometers to escape a famine in his home village, and opened a bakery food cart that supported and raised his 6 younger siblings. Ming father, similarly, was one of the first wave of entrepreneurs in China after the opening of the Chinese economy. Ming brings the same level of ingenuity, audacity, and determination to founding and making PROVEN Skincare a success.

Prior to founding PROVEN, Ming was a private equity investor where she frequently worked 80-hour weeks, wreaking havoc her skin and soul, leading her to pursue personalized skincare. She resides in San Francisco, and has a MBA from Harvard.