Zilis has an Indian connection as her mother is a Punjabi and her father is a Canadian. She was born in Markham, Ontario and attended Yale University. She graduated in 2008 with a degree in economics and philosophy. Zilis started her career in finance and venture capital, got a job at IBM, and then moved to Bloomberg Beta.
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