Edmund Zhen

Co-Founder, Strategy & Growth

Edmund co-founded WAGMI-Connect in March 2025 and currently leads strategy and growth, working across marketing, product, and partnerships to guide the company’s next phase of expansion.

He started as CMO, building WAGMI-Connect’s brand and marketing engine from scratch, using organic search and social to drive early turnout, then layering in email retention to keep members coming back. That foundation helped grow WAGMI-Connect into a recurring fixture of the NYC networking scene: 200+ events, 5,000+ attendees, and a business that’s operated profitably since its first year.

As the company matured, Edmund’s focus expanded from acquisition into product and data strategy where he now also builds the frameworks that turn attendee and event data into decisions on partnerships, new formats, and where WAGMI-Connect grows next.

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Outside of WAGMI, Edmund is a Manager at Ziff Davis, operating at the many intersections of SEO / AI Search, Public Relations, Social Media and Product in Tech and Shopping.

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