Sarah Xu is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, business developer, film producer, investor and leader with diverse corporate experience covering multiple business sectors in the U.S. Central & South America and China. Sarah has strong background to intergrade the cutting edge technology such as AI , blockchain and web3 application with entertainment projects. She is an earlier adopter of digital currency and its eco system, recently she lead to close a 100 million USD crypto mining investment in USA. Sarah is a Co- Founder and CEO for a couple entertainment & new media companies, The positions she had and has are::
The co-founder and co-CEO of 2W Network Entertainment, co-founder of FMX New Media Inc., a platform that provides VR/AR-related production services; first CEO and co-founder of Global 3D Media Company, which produced glass-free 3D cell phones with a build in glass free 3D contents player; and co-founder of a future VR/AR laboratory with China Continental International Center TV, Dell, Nokia, and VRE/AIS. The co-founder and CEO of AY Entertainment Group Inc. which books and promotes A list performing artists, Broadway shows, and Cirque du Soleil presentations in Asia. Partner of Silver Bear Capital in charge of M&A and Web3 in Entertainment industry. Sarah is also a board of advisor for Visionaire which is an investors net work organization.
Sarah is a winner of the New Product Award from the International Advanced Imaging Society. She is the chief creative director and producer of the VR documentary “Guilin” for the “Beautiful China” series. She also conducted a series of 360 degree video interviews for International Olympic Committee members during the Rio Olympics. She is the executive producer and co-host of ICN streaming talk show “meeting,” for which she has interviewed numerous celebrities, including Hollywood producers and directors, Grammy Award winners, Broadway and opera stars. Sarah had produced and directed the short film documentary series New York Asian Art Week, it has been distributed in both America and China major streaming platforms. Prior her career in the new media and entertainment industries, Sarah founded XT International Group which sold consumer products to Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, TJ Maxx, Amazon, Taobao, and more than 1,000 retail locations in North America and China. In the process, Sarah accumulated decades experience in social media marketing, e-commerce, international trade, merchandise licensing, supplier chain management. .
Sarah served as a board member of the Advanced International Imaging Society, a committee member of International 3D Equipment, and a board of governors member for the Sixth Annual 3dVR Creative Awards, a board member for New York City Ice Theater. She also served as a secretary of the committee for the 17, 18th international Taekwondo world championship and a board member of several international organization. Sarah has a great passion for making the earth a better place to live, she is a senior advisor and sustainable environmental ambassador for ASIA, an UN SDG affiliate B-Corporation.
Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Wuxi Light Industry University, and a MBA degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In addition, she holds an EMBA certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a certificate in film sight and sound production and Producer from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, a certificate in globalization strategies from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a certificate in franchising from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s EMBA program.