Olympic champion Eileen Gu’s advice for women seeking her heights of career success: Don’t be a small fish in a big pond, ‘Create your own pond’

In 2025, Olympian Eileen Gu was one of the world’s highest-paid female athletes. Bringing in a reported $23.1 million, she was in the top five, she confirms with a wink.

After February’s Milan-Cortina Olympics, the 22-year-old athlete, who competes for China, became the most decorated Olympic freeskier in history, with six Olympic medals to her name.

Gu was recently honored by the women’s media platform the Shift as a woman shifting culture—in Gu’s case, in sports. At the Shift’s inaugural gala at Harvard Art Museums,........

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