Is this the first time Shou Zi Chew and Vivian Kao attended the Met Gala?
The couple stole the show at the Met Gala’s 2022 edition, and plenty of hype definitely surrounded their appearance this year. The buzz was not only because of the pending legal battle between TikTok and US legislature, but also because Chew was named an honorary chair of the event. He was joined by Loewe creative director Jonathan Andersonreports Grazia.
Why is Shou Zi Chew in the news recently?
Before taking the helm of the social media platform, Chew, 41, worked at Goldman Sachs in London as a banker, later joining DST Global, a venture capital firm with a preference for online companies. He has an estimated net worth of US$200 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
He has recently been making headlines after US President Joe Biden signed a national security-related bill that is effectively forcing the platform’s owner ByteDance to sell it within nine months, or be banned in the US.
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Over 170 million Americans use the platform, Chew said in a video on TikTok, pledging to fight the potential ban. “Make no mistake, this is a ban, a ban on TikTok and a ban on you and your voice,” he said.
In March 2023, Chew appeared before Congress to answer questions about TikTok’s potential “affiliation with the Chinese government.” Lawmakers in the US are also concerned about what it calls security and privacy risks, per People.
How did Shou Zi Chew meet his wife Vivian Kao?
According to Harvard Business School (HBS)’s alumni website, Chew and Kao formed a connection at the prestigious institution. The couple first made contact over email in 2008, and got to know each other after their first year at the university.
They both had internships in California the following summer. Kao worked at Better Place, a clean energy start-up, and described that period as “an amazing summer,” per the source. “I was working for a start-up that summer, too,” Chew quipped. “It was called Facebook.”
Kao also worked at Goldman Sachs before studying at HBS.
They both earned an MBA at the institution and, per Harvard, they “are a couple who often finish each other’s sentences.”
The couple have lived in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. They currently live in Singapore, where Chew was born and raised, with their children, according to Vogue Singapore.
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