Claudia Wu is a founder and former creative director of '' Cherry Bombe'', a twice-yearly magazine about women and food.

Early life

Wu grew up in

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, New York with Taiwanese immigrant parents. She has a degree from the

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Career

Wu began her career for the magazines ''

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'' and '' V'', then worked at ''

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'' where she met her future ''Cherry Bombe'' partner, Kerry Diamond. Wu founded her own design firm called Orphan where she worked with

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, NARS,

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, Harry Winston, and Intermix, among others. She founded ''Me'' magazine, a publication dedicated to and guest-edited by a different star for every issue. In 2013, Wu and Kerry Diamond founded the food-fashion magazine ''Cherry Bombe''. The initial issue was funded through

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. In 2014, they started the Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference which celebrates women in the culinary world.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Claudia Living people American people of Taiwanese descent People from Briarcliff Manor, New York Rhode Island School of Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)