Veronica Chou (, also known as Veronica Sylvia Wing Wai Au Chou, born in ,1984) is a

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businesswoman.

Early life

Veronica Chou was born in

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. Her father is Silas Chou. Chou grew up in

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. She attended high school at Choate Rosemary Hall in

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and went on to study communications and business at the USC in

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Career

Chou is the president of Iconix China Group and Novel Fashion Holdings, companies founded by her father. In 2019, she launched Everybody & Everyone, a fashion brand selling women's clothes. In November 2021, she quit as a

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of Fashion for Relief, a charitable foundation by

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, amidst a financial probe by the regulatory commission.

Personal life

On November 16, 2012, Chou married Evgeny Klyucharev at Wan Chai's Grand Hyatt Hotel. They spend their time in

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and

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and are parents to twin boys. In November 2017, during a trial at London's

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, Chou and Klyucharev accused their chauffeur on the grounds of theft. All charges were subsequently dropped.

References

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