Edward Shenderovich
{{short description|American entrepreneur of Russian origin (born 1976)}}
Edward Shenderovich (born January 7, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, publisher, educator and award-winning poet.
Business
Shenderovich was born in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He came to the United States aged 14 in 1990, later becoming a naturalized American citizen. He attended Mira Mesa High School in San Diego and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.
In 2006, Shenderovich became a founding executive of online media company SUP and oversaw the company's strategic development, including the development of LiveJournal in Russia.{{cite web | title = Edward Shenderovich | publisher = O’Reilly | url = http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/e_spkr/4052 | access-date = 2007-11-21}}{{cite web | title = Edward Shenderovich | publisher = MiNE | url = http://mine.pc.unicatt.it/faculty/facultyDirectory/shenderovich/mainShenderovich.htm | access-date = 2007-11-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081211022558/http://mine.pc.unicatt.it/faculty/facultyDirectory/shenderovich/mainShenderovich.htm | archive-date = 2008-12-11 | url-status = dead }}
In 2009, Shenderovich founded Kite Ventures, a venture investment company that led investments in Darberry (acquired by Groupon), [http://www.fyber.com/ Fyber (FRA:FBEN)], Delivery Hero (FRA:DHER), Plated (acquired by Albertsons), Tradeshift, and others.
In 2015 he co-founded and became executive chairman of [https://www.knotel.com/ Knotel], a flexible real estate service, now owned by Newmark Group.
Shenderovich is currently the co-founder and CEO of [https://www.synonym.bio/ Synonym], a New York-based company building infrastructure for the bioeconomy.{{Cite web |title=Scaling New Heights in Biomanufacturing - with Edward Shenderovich |url=https://www.synbiobeta.com/listen/scaling-new-heights-in-biomanufacturing--with-edward-shenderovich |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.synbiobeta.com}}{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2025 |title=Heard on the Floor at NSCEB: Insights, Analysis & Recommendations on the Just-released National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology |url=https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/heard-on-the-floor-at-nsceb-insights-analysis-recommendations-on-the-just-released-national-security-commission-on-emerging-biotechnology/}}
Poetry
Shenderovich writes and publishes poetry in Russian. He has been published by many Russian journals and included in ‘’Ulysses Released: Contemporary Russian Poets Abroad (In Russian:2004)’’ edited by Dmitry Kuzmin. In December 2010, [http://www.samokatbook.ru/en/ Samokat Publishing House] released a collection of Shenderovich's children's poems. A new collection came out in January 2014. Translators of his poetry into English include Richard Wayne Chambliss.
In September 2015, Shenderovich's collection entitled "About One, Two, 3, 4 and 5" received an award at Biennial of Illustration Bratislava.
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External links
- [https://www.synonym.bio/ Synonym]
- [http://www.knotel.com Knotel]
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Category:Russian emigrants to the United States
Category:21st-century Russian poets