Chris Lin
CEO and Founder of Mandy and Pandy
About the Founder:
Christopher Lin, the CEO of Mandy and Pandy, is an ABC – American Born Chinese – born in Detroit, raised in Troy, and educated at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!!). As a pre-admit into the Ross School MBA program, Christopher was charged with making a difference and trying a different path.
During successful international internships and (4-7 year) career stints with multinational corporations such as Nokia, Tatung, Ford, GM, and Deloitte, he learned the importance of international understanding and the role of learning foreign languages and cultures.
In an effort to teach his daughter, Amanda, Chinese, they went to the local book store to discover that there were only a few Chinese books for kids while there were hundreds of Spanish books for kids. This A-ha moment inspired Lin to write and publish his first book – Mandy and Pandy say Ni Hao Ma?
About the Company:
Mandy and Pandy Co. was formed in 2007 with success in the book market – teaching American kids Chinese. With Chinese becoming more important in the global economic and cultural landscape, the company was re-invigorated in 2016 with a more ambitious B2B model selling to schools. The proven content is being digitized to scale and penetrate the school market. Now, Christopher Lin and Mandy and Pandy are revolutionizing how Mandarin is being taught, and who it is being taught to!