3,000,000
YouTube subscribers of Wong Fu Productions , the video sensation now comprising Philip Wang ’ 06 and Wesley Chan ’ 06 , started in a UC San Diego dorm room .
Ted Fu ’ 06 , a founding member of Wong Fu Productions , now gives the world Giant Hugs , an online retail company that helps social influencers give back to charity .
“ I always knew I could lead a company , but working from the bottom rung to the top would take a long time — so I started from the top .”
— Elena Foukes Lucas , MPIA ’ 12 , whose company , Utility API , unlocks the benefits of solar energy .
“ I ’ ve come to see any future conflict between the U . S . and China in sad and personal terms as my friends fighting against my friends .”
— David An , MPIA ’ 07 , former U . S . diplomat and adviser to the U . N ., now a senior research fellow at the Global Taiwan Institute .
Renaissance Woman
Inventor , entrepreneur , investor , artist , philanthropist , women ’ s rights advocate and mother . And if that wasn ’ t enough , Nikki Truitt , MS ’ 03 , co-founded UC San Diego ’ s Entrepreneur Challenge , a student-run organization that has funded more than 40 student teams over the last 10 years .
The first person to sequence DNA in microgravity was Kate Rubins ’ 99 , who spent 115 days aboard the International Space Station .
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