Shan-Lyn Ma is the co-founder and CEO of Zola, the company that is reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience by combining compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology. Zola launched in 2013 and quickly became the fastest-growing wedding company in the country. Today more than half a million couples have used the platform.

Before starting her company, Ma was chief product officer of Chloe + Isabel. Prior to that, she was Gilt Groupe’s first product lead, tasked with defining and evolving the core site experience. She led key new business launches, including the company’s successful foray into mobile, launching and managing its mobile web experience and apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. Before her time at Gilt, Ma held product and marketing roles at Yahoo. She holds a degree in commerce with First Class Honours from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

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