Clara Chung-wai Shih was born on January 11,1982 and is an American businesswoman.
15 Facts About Clara Shih
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Clara Shih is the CEO and co-founder of Hearsay Social.
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Clara Shih attended Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, where she participated in the women's varsity tennis team, orchestra, the student newspaper, the debate team, and the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society.
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Clara Shih was named the Presidential Scholar and graduated in 2000.
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Clara Shih attended Stanford University, and co-founded the Stanford engineering public service center.
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Clara Shih was the president of the campus chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, officer in the Stanford Society of Women Engineers, and was elected to Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.
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Clara Shih was named a Microsoft Women's Scholar and became an intern at Microsoft, where she developed the RSS news aggregator for Outlook.
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In 2002, Clara Shih did field research for her honors thesis while attending Beijing Foreign Studies University.
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Clara Shih majored in economics and computer science; she graduated with honors with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in computer science from Stanford in 2005.
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In 2005, Clara Shih was awarded the Marshall Scholarship and attended University of Oxford.
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Clara Shih received a master's degree in Internet studies from the University of Oxford Internet Institute.
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The application turned out to be successful, and Clara Shih recruited her old classmate, Steve Garrity, from Microsoft to develop Hearsay Social.
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Clara Shih has served as the chief executive officer and co-founder of Hearsay Social since 2009.
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Clara Shih has received several awards for her achievements, including recognition as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, the Fortune 40 Under 40, and the Ad Age 40 Under 40.
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Clara Shih is married to health-tech entrepreneur Daniel Chao, and they live in San Francisco, California.