Miroslava Vasilyevna Duma (russian: Мирослава Васильевна Дума; born 10 March 1985) is a Russian digital

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and

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in international

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. She is also the founder of ''Buro 24/7'', a digital company, and the CEO and founder of ''Future Tech Lab'', a venture capital fund.

Personal life

Duma was born on 10 March 1985 in

Surgut Surgut ( rus, Сургу́т, p=sʊrˈgut; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, ''Sərhanł'') is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the few cities in Russia to be lar ...

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, shortly after her family moved there from

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. Her father, Vasiliy Duma, was a senator in the Russian Federation until 2011. From 1997 to 1998, he headed a department of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and later was president of ''LUKOIL-Transnefteprodukt'' company. Miroslava was married to Aleksey Mikheev, a Russian entrepreneur. They have three children.

Education

Duma graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

(MGIMO) in 2008 with a

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in International Business and Business Administration.

Career

Duma was an editor at ''

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''. She moved into freelance writing working for magazines including ''Vogue'', ''

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'', Forbes Woman and '' Glamour'' (Russian versions). Since 2007, she has spent most of her professional time between

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, the UK and the US, travelling to research labs and institutions, building partnerships with scientists, researchers and biotechnology professionals, and bringing their technologies to market. Duma founded Buro 24/7 in 2011, which is a website for art, architecture, cinema, fashion, music and style. In July 2017, Buro 24/7 acquired a majority stake in the fashion magazine ''System''. In 2016, Duma cofounded The Tot, a children's fashion company, with Nasiba Adilova. In 2017, Duma founded Future Tech Lab (FTL), an investment and technology company. In 2018, Duma was removed from the board of The Tot and from Buro 24/7, after she shared a note on

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from fashion designer

Ulyana Sergeenko Ulyana Viktorovna Sergeenko (russian: Ульяна Викторовна Сергеенко; born 30 August 1979) is a Kazakh and Russian fashion designer. Early life Sergeenko was born into a family of linguists in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, ...

containing a

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, and after a video was released of her making transphobic comments. Duma publicly apologized after the incidents. Duma has invested in Reformation (a greenfashion brand), Dropel Fabrics, RewardStyle, and Finery. Duma was a member of the advisory board of Diamond Foundry of San Francisco in 2016. Duma joined New York Fashion Tech Labs as a mentor. The NYFTL is a twelve-week program for fashion technology startups. Duma is a founder of Pangaia, the materials science, fashion company.

International speaker

Miroslava has featured as a keynote speaker and a panelist at

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, Founders Forum,

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, ''

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'' Business of Luxury,

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Global Women Entrepreneurship Forum in China, St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), The Copenhagen Fashion Summit, DLD conference in Munich, ''

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'' Fashion Festival in London, Nikkei Pioneers Asia in Japan, and

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: The Change Fashion Challenge.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duma, Miroslava 1985 births Living people Fashion editors Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni People from Surgut Russian women journalists Women magazine editors