Angelica Nwandu

ABOUT ANGELICA NWANDU

Entrepreneur and founder of The Shade Room, an Instagram-based celebrity gossip account. The New York Times called The Shade Room "Instagram's TMZ." The account has amassed more than 29 million followers.

She graduated from Loyola Marymount University , where she studied accounting.

After graduating, she trained for her CPA qualification, but later decided to pursue writing.

When she was six years old, her mother was killed by her father. She spent most of her childhood in foster care. She has Nigerian heritage.

She was dubbed "The Oprah Winfrey of our generation" by Refinery 29.