Gold House

On our 5th anniversary, we’re honored to have our impact and next phase of culture-defining work in Vanity Fair! 5 years ago, Gold House began our culture-shaping work with the debut of Crazy Rich Asians, convening the community behind the first-ever #GoldOpen with Director Jon M. Chu and his cast. The film broke records and began a groundswell of excitement and investment in Asian Pacific stories that led to this year’s historic Academy Awards. Since Day 1, a lean but mighty co-founding team of passionate volunteers has invested thousands of hours connecting with hundreds of leaders while building our now history-making ventures including: - Co-Founders Kevin Lin, Janet Yang, Patrick Lee, Maggie Hsu, Sanjay Sharma, Kevin Nishimura, James Roh, Kirby Lee, Jeremy T., and Bing Chen - The first program directors Megan Ruan, Mikkoh Chen, Yao King, Kaylyn Shibata, Cindy Joung, Laura Choi, Ben Chu, CPA, Chiharu Iijima, James Kuk, Josh Jun, and Christopher Au and their 100-person global Fellowship army - The next Board Directors once we incorporated as a nonprofit including Prabal Gurung, Michelle Lee, and Daniel Dae Kim; and our newest Directors Agnes Chu and Helen Lin - And long-standing collaborations with Eric Feng, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Susie Nam, Michelle Tang, Christina Chou, Sheri Bryant, and Tim Chang Now, with a full time team, Gold House has built the leading cultural ecosystem focused on “equitable excellence”: identifying the people, projects, and platforms that impact and reach the most communities while empowering them to foster expansive socioeconomic change. Alongside key leaders and allies, we unite, invest in, and champion Asian Pacific creators and companies through innovative programs and platforms that guarantee commercial viability for cultural imperatives. We work with artists and every major media company to reshape public narratives; partner with global companies and investors to redefine existing power structures; and unite our community in celebration and excellence to reimagine possibilities. Now, we begin our next phase, Gold Bridge, to better connect industries, multicultural communities, and continents. Thank you to everyone committed to building a tomorrow for all! 🔗: goldhouse.org/vanityfair 📷: Daniel Seung Lee

Team USA is ready to go! 🔥 Gold House had the honor of celebrating the Olympics and Paralympics at BMO Stadium! Our Olympians included: 🌟 Justine Wong-Orantes (indoor volleyball) 🌟 Haleigh Washington (indoor volleyball) 🌟 Howard Shu (badminton) 🌟 Alex Shibutani (ice dancing) 🌟 Maia Shibutani (ice dancing) 🌟 Sakura Kokumai (karate) Thank you to BMO Bank, DoorDash, and Angel City FC for sending off our Olympians and Paralympians to Paris 2024! We can't wait to see our Gold family take home Gold. 🏅🏅🏅

🚀 We need you! Ascend is launching a unique survey that takes a comprehensive look into API workforce issues. If you're an API professional, we’d love to hear from you. 🌟 Take just a few minutes to participate and help us make workforces more equitable for everyone. Your input matters! 🙌 https://hubs.li/Q02FKfdL0 Big shout-out to AAPI Data, Asians In Advertising, C100, Disability:IN, Exec|Comm, Gold House, HACR - Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, Harvard Business Review, Human Rights Commission, Jeremy Lin Foundation, Multicultural Leadership Institute, Seramount, Stop AAPI Hate, Stand with Asian Americans, The Asian American Foundation, Women Business Collaborative, Exponential Talent LLC, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), AICPA, ALPFA New York, Association of National Advertisers, Commonwealth Club World Affairs, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA), NAPABA Law Foundation, NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors), National Congress of American Indians, National Organization on Disability, New York University, Out & Equal, Out Leadership, Prospanica National, SHRM, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, The Conference Board, The Indus Entrepreneurs(TiE), Toronto, United Nations and so much more for getting the word out about this important work. 

☀️📚 Big News, Book Lovers! This July, #GoldHouseBookClub is celebrating summer with a THRILLING book bundle and THREE book giveaways! You get to 'Pick the Pick' from our team's favorite summer releases so far. What are you in the mood for... 🖤 Unhinged, psychological horror? Check out THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim 🤖 Speculative, cyberpunk sci-fi? Dive into TOWARD ETERNITY by Anton Hur 🔮 Mind-bending, dystopian fantasy? Discover ALL THIS & MORE by Peng Shepherd Which book will you choose? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned for a chance to win your own copy of each book! Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter at bit.ly/ghbc-newsletter to get the latest news, events, and content delivered straight to your inbox!

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<Prepares to get canceled for this> Thank you to the The Elevate Prize Foundation for having Gold House at your seminal Summit on the heels of our Creative Equity Fund's success in investing in leading indie films, indie media companies, and next-new creators with purpose. Also, FTR, I qualified that I love and grew up on Sesame Street; believe in local journalism’s preservation (but under a public good business model); and that all of this is a balance—but needs resequencing! But editors be editing 🦸🏻

Impact content should be delicious AND nutritious! Wise words by Bing Chen at our #MakeGoodFamous Summit in May that we can't stop thinking about. Bing and his team at Gold House are at the forefront of this — building mainstream representation for the AAPI community, and reshaping public opinions through storytelling. His advice for the rest of us: remember that humans like “to eat candy before they take their vitamins.”

OpenTable's all-Gold Women C-Suite of Debby Soo, Susan Lee, and Amy Wei prove that confidence, deep industry knowledge, mutual empowerment, and investment in diverse voices win business and customers. A recent McKinsey and Leanin.org study found that only 1.8% of C-suite positions at large companies are held by Asian women. In fact, the number of Asian women currently fall off by 80% at the upper echelons of leadership. Debby, Susan, and Amy are defying and changing these odds with hard work and humor, kindness and killer instincts, and gravitas and grace. We're proud to know and partner with OpenTable on our Gold Chef Prize, Gold Gala, and beyond! Thank you to Inc. Magazine and Jennifer Conrad for spotlighting Gold leaders! Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/e97cCxvc.

Last week, we convened 100 leading Asian Pacific leaders across media and advertising at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to celebrate our collective presence at this global event and to unite for progress in this industry! Thank you to Helen Lin (Chief Digital Officer, Publicis Groupe) and Michelle Tang (Global Chief Growth Officer, McCann) for your unwavering leadership, Frank Starling (Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Cannes Lions) for your official embrace from the festival, and Sabrina Ellis (Chief Product Officer, Pinterest) and Judy Lee (Senior Director of Global Experiences, Pinterest) for generously providing a home for us at Pinterest Manifestival. Investing in the Asian Pacific community via both visible representation and media spend is not just crucial for narrative change, but also business outcomes. The Asian Pacific community holds $1.3 trillion of buying power in the United States alone, and the vast majority of the community has reported that feeling authentically represented and understood by brands affects their purchasing decisions. This is why we: - Partner with leading research organizations such as Nielsen and the Association of National Advertisers to distill the power, reach, and concerns of the Asian Pacific community for advertisers and publishers (available at goldhouse.org/research), - Created the definitive guide for authentic representation of the Asian Pacific community in advertising (available at goldstorybook.com) - Consult for national brands such as Garnier and Proctor & Gamble to promote affirming storytelling in advertising If you'd like to be part of our movement in the media and advertising industry, DM us!

Big thanks to the absolutely gorgeous / most fun and creative space on the Croisette Pinterest for hosting some of the highlights of my Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year. Deep gratitude to the wonderful folk at The Creative Ladder x Cannes for a really fun conversation on the Art of Collaboration at Pinterest with some incredible leaders whom I learned so much from just in our brief time together. Thank you Judy Lee (also for hosting!) Marinda Yelverton and Sara Tate for your openness and of course Dionna Dorsey for facilitating a great chat. Also, big props to Rose Yan and the Gold House team for putting on a stellar event celebrating this richly, wonderful community - with clear calls to action (ah, the inner strategist in me will forever love). It's so lovely to have a little community at the festival where your shoulders relax a little, the hugs are abundant and smiles and support endless.