A Harvard Business School graduate, Patricia has over 20 years of experience in the luxury goods, beauty and retail industries. Her client list reflects her company's diversity and spans a wide industry range including consumer package goods (Clorox, Epson, POM Wonderful), luxury goods (Natori, Oscar de la Renta, Cartier, the Qatar Luxury Group), beauty (Avon, Guerlain, Elizabeth Arden, Peter Thomas Roth Clinical Skincare, June Jacob’s Spa Collection, Garden Botanika, Purlisse, Amenity, Puig N.A., Renée Rouleau, Purple Lab), specialty retailers (David’s Bridal, After Hours Formal Wear, Priscilla of Boston, Waterworks, Ann Taylor, Urban Outfitters), media (Time Inc.), pharma/biotech (Photocure, Weifa), oil/gas (AGR Petroleum), venture capital (J.Christopher Capital) and not-for-profit (The Fresh Air Fund).

A first generation Chinese American, Patricia is an expert on the beauty and luxury goods sectors in mainland China. Her firm, the Pao Principle, recently completed proprietary research among high net worth mainland China luxury buyers of handbags, watches, fine jewelry and beauty products. Notably, she was the first to see the how changing psychographics resulting from China’s “one-child” policy have impacted the Chinese consumer’s buying behavior of luxury goods. Importantly, her study provides quantitative insights regarding how to motivate mainland China high net worth consumers to purchase more luxury goods. For further information about Patricia, the Pao Principle and their luxury goods and beauty studies, please see either www.paoprinciple.com or www.chinaluxurypanel.com.

Patricia received her MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley where she graduated summa cum laude.