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Zhang Mei

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Occupation
  
Travel Specialist

Spouse
  
John Pomfret

Name
  
Zhang Mei


Born
  
January 7, 1971 (age 53) (
1971-01-07
)
Dali City, Yunnan Province

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Zhang Mei is the founder of WildChina Travel. Born in Dali, in China's Yunnan province, Mei attended Yunnan University before running into a Thai banker at a business event who encouraged her to apply to Harvard Business School. After graduation from Harvard, Mei accepted a position working for McKinsey & Company doing corporate consulting. Mei reported feeling unfulfilled by the corporate environment, and after a pro bono assignment investigating conservation for the Nature Conservancy she decided in 2000 to launch her own travel company WildChina.

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Personal

Mei is married and has a family with John Pomfret (journalist).

Awards

Mei has been the recipient of numerous travel awards including but not limited to:

  • Travel + Leisure's A-List Tour Operator in 2011, 2010, and 2009.
  • Conde Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist in 2011 and 2010
  • Mei was recognized in The Daily Beast's 2012 list of Women in the World for founding sustainable travel company WildChina.
  • References

    Zhang Mei Wikipedia


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