About SVYEP
"To unite today’s youth with tomorrow’s social entrepreneurs."
The Silicon Valley Youth Entrepreneur Program is not your average business club. We don't want to just teach students about business—we bring them into it. Through practical experience and professional networking, we believe our students can break down the arbitrary age barrier for entrepreneurship, empowering them into a generation of daring and socially conscious business leaders. Helmed by a team of high school students with genuine passion for business, SVYEP never stops making new strides toward its mission.
Meet The Team
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy Peng
Jeremy is a senior at The Harker School in California. He keenly enjoys the vitality of business, which he believes he can harness through his skills in writing and critical thinking. Jeremy wants to become an effective leader for SVYEP on its mission to guide youth into the professional world.
Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer
Lotus Wu
Lotus is a senior at Monta Vista High School in California where she is Captain of the dance team and Vice President of many clubs. She is passionate about numerous fields such as business, design, and dance and hopes to pursue a career that blends business and the arts. Through SVYEP, Lotus wants to build a diverse space that fosters new generations of entrepreneurship by providing unique opportunities and meaningful connections.
Design Manager
Sophia Liu
Sophia is a senior at Palo Alto High School. She has been immersed in business and art-related activities since a young age and longed to make an impact with these skills. Now, through SVYEP, Sophia hopes to make long-lasting connections while empowering today's youth to realize their potential and pursue entrepreneurship.
Co-founder & Business Manager
Bretton Lam
Bretton is a junior at Basis Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. He is very passionate about business and entrepreneurship and also enjoys playing sports such as basketball. Through SVYEP, he hopes to further develop his entrepreneurial skills while inspiring future generations by providing them with unique opportunities to network with successful business leaders.
Finance Manager
Leana Zhou
Leana is a junior at The Harker School in California. She is very passionate about business, especially finance, and drawing. Through SVYEP, Leana hopes to help create a tight-knit network in which many others can recognize and develop their own passion and skills in the business world.
Marketing Manager, Founding Member
Zibo Wang
Zibo is a junior at Skyline High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. He enrolls himself in a multitude of extracurriculars, ranging from entrepreneurial marketing to biomedical research to competitive piano. He hopes to implement his developed skills from being founders and leaders of school clubs into SVYEP to enhance the connection and education regarding entrepreneurship for future generations.
Outreach
Justin Wong
Justin is a junior at Crystal Springs Uplands School in California. He is passionate about rowing, debate, and most of all, business. At SVYEP, he hopes to create more transparency about the business world for other young entrepreneurs through hands-on learning experiences such as networking events.
Technical
Evan Shi
Evan is a junior from Houston, Texas. He is involved in a variety of activities, such as founding non-profits, playing in the local Symphony, and fencing. Taking skills acquired from these wide pursuits, he aims to further explore his interest in entrepreneurship. With SVYEP, he hopes to make entrepreneurship accessible to others who share his same passion.
Marketing
Camille Wang
Camille is a sophomore at Castilleja School in California. She is a water polo player and swimmer. She is a robotics specialist on her school’s team and a tutor for low income families. Through SVYEP, Camille hopes to develop her entrepreneurial skills, connect with like-minded peers, and explore innovative ways to address community challenges through innovative initiatives.
Outreach
Ray Zhu
Ray is a sophomore at Lynbrook high school in California. He's interested in politics and math, but is the most interested in business. At SVYEP, Ray hopes to help youth get a better understanding of entrepreneurship and bring them closer to a broad network of professionals.
Writing
Eason Bao
Eason is the sophomore president at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton. His interests include reading and learning history, but above all, he enjoys innovation and leadership. Eason's main goals at SVYEP are to guide students in understanding the basics of business and introduce them to experts in the field.
Outreach
Kevin Tang
Kevin is a student at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California. He is passionate about a variety of subjects, including engineering, chemistry, and environmental science, with a strong desire to make a meaningful impact in these areas. Outside of academics, Kevin enjoys staying active through regular workouts and playing sports. Through SVYEP, he hopes to learn how to connect entrepreneurship with his academic interests, gaining inspiration for future innovation.
Finance
Frank Lu
Frank is a sophomore at Bainbridge High School in Washington, with a passion towards soccer and frisbee. He loves logistics based games such as chess and is aspiring to pursue a career in finance or mathematics.
Advisors
Lead Coach
Jun Liu
Wharton Alum. Founder of the 7EDU Impact Academy and Leadways School. An education reformer with over 20 years of experience in K-G12 education.
Assistant Coach
Lyria Zhu
Lyria is a freshman at UC Berkeley studying business. She has been interested in business since the start of high school, and served as one of the nine National Officers in FBLA in her junior year, through which she confirmed her desire to become an entrepreneur. Through SVYEP, Lyria hopes to introduce more youth to entrepreneurship and help them establish professional networks with other youth and industry professionals.