Zhang Zetian (; born 18 November 1993), also known as Nancy Zhang, is a Chinese businesswoman and investor who is the chief fashion adviser of the luxury business of

JD.com JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong (), internationally known as Joybuy and formerly called 360buy,

. She gained initial fame from the popularity of a photograph of her holding

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, and was nicknamed "Sister Milk Tea" (). She later married JD.com's billionaire founder

Liu Qiangdong Richard Liu Qiangdong (; born March 10, 1973 or February 14, 1974) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He has been called the "Jeff Bezos of China" and his company JD.com has been compared to Amazon due to its business model. Liu founded Jing ...

, and became an investor in several companies. She has been included in the list of Chinese billionaires by ''New Frontier'' and is considered to be China's youngest female billionaire. She holds an MBA of the

Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge. The School is a provider of management education. It is named after Sir Paul Judge, a founding benefactor of the school. The School is considered to be par ...

and was a student at King's College.

Career

Zhang initially gained fame when a photograph of her holding a cup of

went viral on the internet. This led to her nickname of "Sister Milk Tea". She went on to appear in a promotional video supporting the

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Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

but turned down an offer to appear in the film ''

The Flowers of War ''The Flowers of War'' () is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. The film is based on a novella by Gel ...

'' by director

Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...

. She attended

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

. While in the United States, she met

for the first time, as she was studying at

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

. They initially stated that they were only studying together. The pair married in Sydney in 2015 after dating for three years. She was 22; he was 41. It had originally been rumored that the duo were planning to marry in Beijing, after they were photographed at a marriage registry in the city. In March 2016, Zhang gave birth to a daughter. When the magazine ''New Fortune'' published a top 500 Chinese rich list in May 2017, Zhang was the youngest woman on the list. Zhang and Liu share several investments, including holdings in companies such as Uber China and a 17.3% stake of

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company Bubs Australia via Zhang's investment company. Zhang uses her followers on

social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...

to promote companies she is involved with, which includes her

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account and 1.3 million followers on

Sina Weibo Sina Weibo (新浪微博) is a Chinese microblogging ( weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 582 million monthly active users (252 million daily acti ...

References

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