# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ping-fu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:35.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ping-fu"
name: "Ping Fu"
slug: "ping-fu"
description: "Ping Fu is a Chinese-American entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of 3D software development company Geomagic, and was its chief executive officer until February 2013 when the company was acquired by 3D Systems Inc. As of March 2014, she is the Vice President and Chief Entrepreneur Officer at 3D Systems. Fu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and moved to the United States in 1984. She co-founded Geomagic in 1997 with her then-husband Herbert Edelsbrunner, and has been recognized for her achievements with the company through a number of awards, including being named Inc. magazine's 2005 \"Entrepreneur of the Year\". In 2013, she published her memoir, Bend, Not Break, co-authored with MeiMei Fox."
tagline: "Chinese computer scientist and entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PingFu_lg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             2.278481012658228
  historical:           7.479122666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ping_Fu"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "بينغ فو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "بينج فو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Fu"
    title: "Ping Fu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Fu"
    title: "Ping Fu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Fu"
    title: "Ping Fu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Fu"
    title: "Ping Fu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%81"
    title: "పింగ్ ఫు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%85%E8%8B%B9"
    title: "傅苹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump