Claire Du Yanjingdu Co-Founder and CEO of Achievers Circle

The Caring Economy with Toby Usnik

Yanjing Claire Du graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA, with a double major in History and International Relations/Political Science and a concentration in East Asian Studies.

Claire is the cofounder and CEO of Achievers Circle, an international platform to connect China’s aspiring elites with the world by bridging global leadership, trust, arts and cultures. She also manages her own family office’s global investment allocation, investing in companies and funds that are interested in cross-border and global strategies. She works as the operating advisor on China’s market entry to various leading companies, family offices, ventures and institutions, such as Owl Ventures, the largest VC fund in the world on education technology. .

In addition, Claire is an active and passionate social entrepreneur with a specific focus on philanthropy and education. In 2009 Claire founded her non-for-profit organization China Liberal Arts College Tour, which brings admissions officers from prestigious liberal arts colleges in the US to visit high schools in China. The Tour aims to bridge the gap between liberal arts colleges and prospective students in China and providing equal opportunities and access to resources and information for Chinese students with strong academic backgrounds and leadership skills to experience a liberal arts education.

Claire also works as the pro bono director and advisor of international cooperation and partnership for Aiyou Foundation, the first and largest private philanthropic foundation in China, whose founding council members include Jack Ma of Alibaba, Pony Ma of Tencent, Yiming Zhang of ByteDance, Wang Xing of Meituan, etc. Claire helps facilitate and organize Aiyou Foundation’s international exchanges and partnership building with prominent philanthropic individuals and organizations.
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