Rose Gong, from farmer’s daughter to the ‘dragon girl’ of China tech (Infographic)

She launched her startup from her dorm room in a prestigious college and steered it to an IPO. That sounds a lot like Mark Zuckerberg’s journey – but Rose Gong’s story is very different to that of the Facebook boss.

In this infographic illustrated by my colleague Kathrinna Rakhmavika, check out how Rose – her Chinese name is Gong Haiyan – dragged herself from grinding poverty in rural China to a day in the global spotlight in New York. Her story shows the power of education to change lives – and so it’s apt that after her success with the dating website Jiayuan, she shifted her focus to online learning for her newest tech venture.