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.
Experience
- The Uncommon ExecutiveFounder & Coachcurrent2018 — presentwww.theuncommonexecutive.com
- PerkExecutive Coachcurrent2025 — present
- FuzzyChief Product & Technology Officercurrent2022 — present
- FuzzyChief Product Officer2022 — 2023
- LifeX VenturesVenture Partner2023 — 2025Global
- MetaManager Product Management2021 — 2022
- MetaManager, Product Management2020 — 2021
- MetaLead Product Manager2018 — 2020San Francisco, California
- ThumbtackHead of Product, Professionals2015 — 2018San Francisco
- ThumbtackProduct Manager2013 — 2015San Francisco
- FirstCrush IncCo-Founder2011 — 2012Greater New York City Area
- Cisco SystemsCorporate Strategy2010 — 2011Milpitas, California
- Mckinsey and CompanyBusiness Technology Analyst2008 — 2010Palo Alto, California
Skills & more
Executive DevelopmentExecutive LeadershipTeam LeadershipSponsorshipExecutive-level CommunicationInfluencing Without AuthoritySelf-confidenceIntegral CoachingProduct LeadershipProduct DevelopmentDigital Product DevelopmentExecutive Coaching
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Leadership DevelopmentCareer Development CoachingEarly Stage InvestmentVenture CapitalProduct ManagementProduct DesignProduct LaunchAnalyticsStrategyManagementLeadershipTeam ManagementLanguages Chinese - Mandarin · English
- Integral Coaching PPC — New Ventures West
- WSET Advanced Level — WSET
- Foundations of Coaching — New Ventures West
From Yue's professional profile.
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
Chris Bradbury
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Dennis Michael Kamara
Fellow at LifeX Ventures
Fabian Siegel
Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures
Fernando Lopez
Financial Controller at LifeX Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yue Zhao?
- 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.
- Where does Yue Zhao work?
- Yue Zhao is Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures.
- Where did Yue Zhao go to school?
- Yue Zhao studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); Palo Alto High School.
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,452
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Also attended Palo Alto High School23
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMarina BeveridgeDirector, Strategy & Network Development at Sapphire VenturesJocelyn GoldfeinInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersSkylar DorosinPrincipal at NVP CapitalScott PettyGP & Senior Advisor at Signal Peak VenturesLeela SrinivasanCEO, Parity at Bull City Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fuzzy2
Also worked at LifeX Ventures10
Inaki BerenguerManaging Partner at LifeX VenturesAmol SarvaFounder/GP at LifeX VenturesRika ChristantoPartner at LifeX VenturesFabian SiegelVenture Partner at LifeX VenturesFernando LopezFinancial Controller at LifeX VenturesAndrea Martos EstebanFellow at LifeX Ventures
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Also worked at Meta304
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