Zara Zhang is working on new AI products at ByteDance, where she previously led product marketing for the enterprise SaaS business. Before ByteDance, she was an investment analyst at the global venture capital firm GGV Capital (now “Notable Capital”). She has interned as a reporter covering China’s tech industry for The Information. Her writings have been published on The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Magazine, Foreign Policy, and Huffington Post. She has also worked as a marketing intern at the angel fund ZhenFund.
Zara graduated from Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in psychology. At Harvard, she wrote and edited for The Harvard Crimson, led the organization of Harvard China Forum (a 1,000-people conference featuring leaders from China and the US), and ran a weekly newsletter about food around the university.
Zara grew up in Changchun, a city in northeast China, and received her secondary education in Singapore. A language enthusiast, she is trilingual in Chinese, English, and Japanese.
A prolific content creator, Zara has hosted two podcasts, one in English (GGV’s Evolving for the Next Billion), one in Chinese (Feishu’s 组织进化论). She also writes a Substack newsletter about her perspectives on AI.
She can be reached at zara.r.zhang@gmail.com.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarazhang
Twitter: @ZaraZhangRui
Substack: @ZaraZhang
Instagram: @ZaraZhangg
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Just read your contribution to FP. Wow! Please keep writing. Talent like yours is not to be wasted. Being strange in a strange land is great material. I know, I have been living it for 25 years. But it seems you also have the courage and curiosity to be different and still fit in. Keep on…
Best wishes from Colmar, France
That email address is awesome.
I just came across your website and really enjoyed reading your articles. They are easy to understand, yet deep in many senses. Good job Zara!
Hey Zara:) I’m a 学妹 at Wellesley & volunteer for HCF. This is looking great!
l am your fan from Little Red Book, and I have been inspired by you，maybe we can have a coffee in beijing. l work in tech now but l plan a new Development opportunities.
I am Zara’s fan from Little Red Note. I saw too many people in this APP and used it for years. Zara is Top 3 on my favorite list, even probally the best, cause I am the people love learning. I grow up in China and educated abroad like Zara, even in similar age (I born 96). I spent 10 years mainly focus on Architecture, I love it but missed too many things. Now I am exploring new fields. Zara is one of my window, and I learn many from her: Writing, Marketing, Self-expression, Value about career……
Hey Zara, you said people do not read. Probally you are right, but you really a great writer. I am the people “Read long contents not short”(Sam altman). I love your article.
Thanks, and Best wishes for you.
Hello Zara,
this is Giselle,thank you for sharing your insights on the website. I first came across you on Xiaohongshu, then followed you on WeChat Video Channel, and later on LinkedIn, Substack, and X. I feel that this is a form of trust. I’m grateful that the internet allows me to access information about you, and I appreciate your willingness to share.
I’m not from a prestigious university, nor am I working in a big company. I’m just an ordinary girl trying to engage into the world lonely , but your content has inspired me to learn more about AI/ Work/ Learn. It has motivated me to build my own information flow, just like you, and to share my thoughts and experiences through words and videos, whether about learning or my career. I hope I can create a good Personal brand throught practices and also I will continue to learn from you!Thank you and wish you have a good moment right now.