Shelley Zalis
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About
Entrepreneur, gender equity advocate and influencer, known for founding The Female Quotient, a Los Angeles-based company that advocates for gender equality in the workplace, and #SeeHer, a global movement to eliminate gender bias in media and advertising. She has over 460,000 followers on Instagram where she posts under the handle shelleyzalis.
Before Fame
She was raised in Los Angeles. She briefly attended New York University before transferring to Barnard College, Columbia University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology in 1983.
Trivia
She has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award; the Matrix Award; and the Industry Legend Award from the Advertising Club of New York. She has also appeared on the Adweek Disruptors List, and in March 2023 she rang the closing bell at NASDAQ. Her company, The Female Quotient, has over 3 million followers on Instagram.
Family Life
She was raised alongside her sisters by her father, Edwin G. Zalis, a cardiologist and her mother, Rosalie Zalis, a political writer and analyst. She married her husband, Philip R. Fleshner in 1987. They raised three children in Los Angeles.
Associated With
She posted an Instagram reel on January 31, 2025, talking about gender equality with Payal Kadakia.
