Who is Shaun So?
Shaun So is an American military veteran and entrepreneur, having served as an intelligence analyst for the US Department of Defense and later started his own The So Company. However, Shaun is probably best known to the world as the husband of American actress Anna Chlumsky.
Shaun So Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Shaun So was born on 1 January 1980, in Maine USA, of Asian ancestry since his parents are Chinese immigrants.
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He hasn’t talked about his childhood and there is no information on whether he has any siblings or not. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Chicago from which he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 2003. Moreover, he studied the Mandarin language at Tsinghua University, and later obtained a Master of Business Administration from the City University of New York.
Career
After university, Shaun joined the Defense Intelligence Agency of the US federal government in 2003, and had several jobs through 2011.
He assumed the position of an intelligence analyst and served in this capacity for the next three years. Moreover, from 2003 to 2011 he was a counter=intelligence special agent for the US Army. His next position was as a defense contractor for McNeil Technologies, from July 2006 to March 2009. Furthermore, he served as a tactical intelligence team sergeant.
Entrepreneurial Career
Once he was out of military service, Shaun started thinking about starting his own company. The first such effort was the urban logistics start-up called Cubby in 2011.
He served as the company’s CEO from June 2011 until April 2012. However, his first company was a failure and closed before the first birthday celebration. He then started writing for the business magazine Forbes, combining topics such as army veterans, business, and entrepreneurship. Shaun next launched The So Company, which is a consulting firm that provides content, usability, and software development services to government agencies and private sector organizations. Some of the company’s clients include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
He is now the CEO of the company and its managing partner.
Personal Life, Marriage, Wife, Children
Shaun and Anna met while they both were students at the University of Chicago in 2000. He spent two years in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006 but their love beat all the hardships the long-distance between them had put. After his safe return in January 2006 and in May of the same year, he proposed to her. Anna eventually took their engagement to the public in October of 2007 and the wedding ceremony took place in Brooklyn, New York on 8 March 2008, privately with only family members and a few close friends in attendance.
Since marrying, the couple has welcomed two daughters, Penelope Joan So born in 2013, and Clara Elizabeth in 2016.
Net Worth
As of late 2021, Shaun So’s net worth has been estimated to be over $1 million, earned through his career as an entrepreneur.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
Shaun So has short brown hair and brown eyes. He stands at a height of 5ft 7ins (1.7m), while his weight and vital statistics are unknown, though he has a fit figure.
Shaun So’s Wife, Anna Chlumsky
Born Anna Maria Chlumsky on 3 December 1980 in Chicago, Illinois USA, she’s the daughter of Frank Chlumsky Jr., a chef and saxophone player, and his wife Nancy, who is a singer, actress, and also worked as a flight attendant.
Of Croatian and Czech ancestry, Anna was raised Catholic, but went to Grace Lutheran Church and School in River Forest, Illinois. Later, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in international studies, and studied acting at the Atlantic School in Manhattan.
Her career started early on, appearing in advertising campaigns, while she made her acting debut in 1989 in a minor role in the film “Uncle Buck”. She rose to fame with the role of Vada Sultenfuss in the coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama films “My Girl” (1991), and the sequel “My Girl 2” in 1992.
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She was active as an actress until the late ‘90s, during which time she featured in such films as “Trading Mom” (1994), then “Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain” (1995), and “Miracle in the Woods” (1997), among others, after which she went on hiatus from acting, to complete her education.
Anna returned to acting in 2006, and shot to international fame with a number of prominent roles. She was Lorraine in the horror-comedy film “Blood Car” in 2007, then featured in the Academy Award-nominated comedy film “In the Loop” (2009), while in 2012 she was selected for the role of Amy Brookheimer in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning TV comedy series “Veep”, co-starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale.
The role earned her six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award alongside her co-stars, among several other awards.
In addition, Anna is known for the role of Katie Herman in the TV series “Halt and Catch Fire” (2017), and as Shannon Taylor in the film “Hala”. Most recently, she has started working on the new TV drama series “Inventing Anna”, scheduled to premiere in 2022. Meantime, she’s been voicing Charlotte in the “Rugrats” reboot in 2021.
According to sources, Anna Chlumsky’s net worth has been estimated to be around $3 million, as of late 2021, earned through her successful career, appearing so far in more than 40 film and TV titles.
