Entrepreneurship and retail
Jane Lu
Founder and CEO of Showpo.
Background and first steps
Lu worked in corporate accounting before attempting a pop-up retail business that closed. Her company biography describes that early setback and the launch of Showpo from her parents’ garage in Sydney in 2010.
Career and appointments
Showpo began as an online fashion retailer. Lu remains its founder and chief executive, and the company describes how it grew beyond its original garage operation into an international online store.
Public record
Lu joined the investor panel on Shark Tank Australia in 2023. She also founded a community for women entrepreneurs. The account of the company’s early years is from Showpo’s own published history.