About this speaker
Ting Xu, a Shanghai, China native, founded Evergreen Enterprises in her Richmond, Virginia suburban home in 1993 with $20,000 out of a desire to help her parents start a new career after immigrating to the United States. From a small decorative flag line, Evergreen has grown to be one of the leading gift, garden, and home decor companies in North America, with over 700 employees. Evergreen sells to over 12000 independent retailers in US and canada along with 200 National chain stores like Walmart , Costco , Lowes , Kroger etc .
Under Ting’s leadership the Company has completed numerous successful acquisitions including the 2010 purchase of Plow & Hearth, a multi-channel retailer of home and garden products and Vivaterra a high end home furnishing catalog.
Ting serves on various boards including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Business, the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Chinese American Museum in Washington DC, and the Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Chapter. She is an advocate for Chinese-American relations, sponsoring events like the VMFA's Forbidden City and Terracotta Warriors, the Richmond Ballet's Road to China, and numerous political and economic development events locally and in China. Ting is an active angel investor in a variety of industries including consumer products, healthcare, financial services, and technology. She is passionate about mentoring young women in entrepreneurship and financial literacy. With the inspiration of her two passionate children, Ting endeavors to be a positive force in the search for environmental sustainability and global social harmony.
