Mei Xu
Founder & CEO
Chesapeake Bay Candle, Blissliving Home, MeiXu.com
Education
Beijing University
B.A., English
University of Maryland
M.A., Journalism & Communication
1992Podcasts
41:18346: What It’s Like to Build a Global LifeStyle Brand w/ Mei Xu, Blissliving Home [Main T4C episode]
Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur, woman business leader, and the founder and CEO of two global lifestyle brands, Chesapeake Bay Candle and Blissliving Home and MeiXu.com. Mei established Chesapeake Bay Candle in 1994, and grew it into a global designer, marketer and manufacturer of home fragrance products sold..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“I always feel very comfortable having a global perspective because I worked from a very young age with a global team of consultants at the World Bank.”
Best Career Advice
“Don’t do anything for money, the money will come. Do something you truly know you have passion for not today, not just for one year, but for a long time.”
Career Challenge
“We went to New York with a very well stocked booth. We paid a lot of money there and we don’t have orders. We thought it was a dream that we had such a good business, and now we’re going to be dealing with the cold reality.”
Skills
Product Development, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Optimization, Brand Development, Manufacturing, Business Strategy, Product Design, Management, Leadership
Professional Interests
Bill Gates, Andrew Cuomo, Daymond John, PwC, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Italian American Chamber of Commerce, Retail Industry Professionals Group, Social Media Marketing Group by Connect365.io, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Business School, Stanford University
