Clara Chung-wai Shih[2] (born January 11, 1982) is an American businesswoman. She is the chairperson and former CEO of Hearsay Social, the digital software company she co-founded in 2009. Since November 2024, Shih leads the Business AI group at Meta Platforms.
Early life and education
Shih was born in Hong Kong. Her father, a math professor in Hong Kong, later became an electrical engineer in the United States. Her mother was an artist who became a bilingual and special-education teacher after the family immigrated to the U.S.[3] Shih and her family emigrated to Akron, Ohio, when she was 4.[4] In elementary school, she was initially placed in special classes for kids with speech impediments because the school did not have a program in English as a second language.[3] Subsequently, Shih's family relocated to Chicago.