Susan Wu is an American tech entrepreneur and

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known for her participation in movement Project Include and for being one of the founders of the Lumineer Academy as well as Ohai.

Education and career

Susan Wu graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts and from

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with a Master of Business Administration with distinction. After her education, Susan Wu became an

and advisor. She became an early investor in multi-billion-dollar companies such as

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and

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. Wu co-founded Project Include, which aims to provide guidance to companies, especially startups, to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Wu founded Ohai, a large online gaming company that invested in the U.S. virtual goods market very early. The companies investments in social network specific massively multiplayer online games are what struck their popularity and profiled Wu as the top influential woman in technology, according to

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. Wu co-founded Lumineer Academy, a primary school in Melbourne, Australia. Wu co-founded with a group of educators a new teaching model called Luminaria, to support children to thrive in their futures of innovation and creativity by accommodating the complexities of difficult STEM subjects when teaching the youth. Wu has spoken out against

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, a former Google Executive, who touched her face without consent. Wu spoke out about her experiences being assaulted by a Binary Capital investor, Justin Caldbeck. Many Asian women spoke up on being harassed by Caldbeck after being inspired by Wu speaking on her experience.

References

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