About the Founder
Iris Zhu is the founder and president of IRISKY WEALTH.
Her academic background is in literature and journalism — an unusual starting point in this industry, and one that shapes how she works. Her career began in banking, spanning sixteen years across China and Canada in roles from personal finance through senior management. That experience gave her a working knowledge of how financial institutions actually operate, and where their limits lie.
In 2021 she founded IRISKY WEALTH, moving from inside the system to the client's side of the table — no longer bound to a single institution's product line, but free to build what each family actually needs.
Professional Designations
CLU — Chartered Life Underwriter
CHS — Certified Health Insurance Specialist
Industry Recognition
MDRT Top of the Table — the highest level of membership in the Million Dollar Round Table
Iris works with high-net-worth Chinese-Canadian families and business owners across the Greater Toronto Area, focusing on tax planning, participating whole life insurance, corporate insurance structuring, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Sixteen years in banking taught her to read complex financial structures; her background in writing taught her to explain them in language a family can actually act on.
She understands the questions these families face in Canada — cross-border tax residency, the line between corporate and personal assets, and the very different ways two generations understand what wealth is for. For Iris, wealth management has never been about products. It is about understanding a family deeply, and staying with them for the long term.