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Yue Zhao

Investor

Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

A CTO/CPO and entrepreneur who was Chief Product & Technology Officer at Fuzzy Pet Health and an early product leader at Thumbtack. She previously worked at Meta on Instagram and Messenger and co-founded wine e-commerce startup FirstCrush. Holds a BS from Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard.

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Experience

  1. The Uncommon ExecutiveFounder & Coachcurrent2018 — presentwww.theuncommonexecutive.com
  2. PerkExecutive Coachcurrent2025 — present
  3. FuzzyChief Product & Technology Officercurrent2022 — present
  4. FuzzyChief Product Officer2022 — 2023
  5. LifeX VenturesVenture Partner2023 — 2025Global
  6. MetaManager Product Management2021 — 2022
  7. MetaManager, Product Management2020 — 2021
  8. MetaLead Product Manager2018 — 2020San Francisco, California
  9. ThumbtackHead of Product, Professionals2015 — 2018San Francisco
  10. ThumbtackProduct Manager2013 — 2015San Francisco
  11. FirstCrush IncCo-Founder2011 — 2012Greater New York City Area
  12. Cisco SystemsCorporate Strategy2010 — 2011Milpitas, California
  13. Mckinsey and CompanyBusiness Technology Analyst2008 — 2010Palo Alto, California

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  2. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  3. Palo Alto High School

Skills & more

Executive DevelopmentExecutive LeadershipTeam LeadershipSponsorshipExecutive-level CommunicationInfluencing Without AuthoritySelf-confidenceIntegral CoachingProduct LeadershipProduct DevelopmentDigital Product DevelopmentExecutive Coaching
+12 moreLeadership DevelopmentCareer Development CoachingEarly Stage InvestmentVenture CapitalProduct ManagementProduct DesignProduct LaunchAnalyticsStrategyManagementLeadershipTeam Management

Languages Chinese - Mandarin · English

  • Integral Coaching PPC — New Ventures West
  • WSET Advanced Level — WSET
  • Foundations of Coaching — New Ventures West

From Yue's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended University of California, Berkeley863

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 857 more

Also attended Palo Alto High School11

Jocelyn GoldfeinInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersScott PettyGP & Senior Advisor at Signal Peak VenturesLeela SrinivasanCEO, Parity at Bull City Venture PartnersTalia MoyalMarketing Advisor at Modern TechnicalKarine HsuFounder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVEMikael LassooyFinance & Operations Manager at Greencode Ventures

+ 5 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Fuzzy1

Kate Coughlin SternPrincipal at Homebrew

Also worked at LifeX Ventures9

Inaki BerenguerManaging Partner at LifeX VenturesAmol SarvaFounder/GP at LifeX VenturesRika ChristantoPartner at LifeX VenturesFernando LopezFinancial Controller at LifeX VenturesAndrea Martos EstebanFellow at LifeX VenturesMichael LeeFellow at LifeX Ventures

+ 3 more

Also worked at Meta123

TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid YangPartner at Lux Capital

+ 117 more

Also worked at Cisco Systems249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

+ 243 more

Colleagues at LifeX Ventures

Alba Rubio
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Alona King
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Amol Garg
Founder at LifeX Ventures
Amol Sarva
Founder/GP at LifeX Ventures
Andrea Martos Esteban
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Angelina
Investment Team at LifeX Ventures
Chris Bradbury
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Dennis Michael Kamara
Fellow at LifeX Ventures