Full Name
Cindy Mi
Job Title
Founder and C.E.O.
Company
VIPKid
Speaker Bio
Recognized for her career as an educator and entrepreneur, Cindy Mi is the Founder and C.E.O. of VIPKid, a global edtech company that connects children in China (and 63 other countries) with the world’s best teachers for real-time online English immersion learning.
VIPKid has become China’s market-leading edtech startup. VIPKid’s vision is to build a global classroom that empowers students and teachers through personalized learning, connects cultures across the world and sparks a passion for lifelong learning. There are over 180,000 classes every day on the VIPKid platform.
Fast Company named VIPKid the No. 29 Most Innovative Company in the World 2018 and the No. 2 Most Innovative Company in China 2018.
VIPKid has received investment from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Coatue Management, Jack Ma-backed Yunfeng Capital, Learn Capital and Kobe Bryant’s firm, Bryant Stibel, among others.
Mi has spoken on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, ASU+GSV Summit (2018 and 2017), OZY Fest, Y Combinator’s Startup School at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Y Combinator’s Global Founders Summit (2018 and 2017) in San Francisco, among others.
In 2018, Mi joined the Whittle School & Studios’ Academic Advisory Board. Mi was also selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2018.
Mi earned her M.B.A. from CKGSB, China’s leading private business school, and studied at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management as part of an M.B.A. exchange program.
VIPKid has become China’s market-leading edtech startup. VIPKid’s vision is to build a global classroom that empowers students and teachers through personalized learning, connects cultures across the world and sparks a passion for lifelong learning. There are over 180,000 classes every day on the VIPKid platform.
Fast Company named VIPKid the No. 29 Most Innovative Company in the World 2018 and the No. 2 Most Innovative Company in China 2018.
VIPKid has received investment from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Coatue Management, Jack Ma-backed Yunfeng Capital, Learn Capital and Kobe Bryant’s firm, Bryant Stibel, among others.
Mi has spoken on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, ASU+GSV Summit (2018 and 2017), OZY Fest, Y Combinator’s Startup School at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Y Combinator’s Global Founders Summit (2018 and 2017) in San Francisco, among others.
In 2018, Mi joined the Whittle School & Studios’ Academic Advisory Board. Mi was also selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2018.
Mi earned her M.B.A. from CKGSB, China’s leading private business school, and studied at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management as part of an M.B.A. exchange program.
