Miroslava Duma

Duma was born on 10 March 1985 in Surgut, Russian SFSR, shortly after her family moved there from Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/miroslava-duma|website=Business of Fashion|title=Miroslava Duma (profile)|date=20 September 2018 |department=BoF 500|access-date=23 March 2022}} 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 he was later president of LUKOIL-Transnefteprodukt.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

Miroslava was married to Aleksey Mikheev, a Russian entrepreneur and son of Russian oligarch Aleksandr Mikheyev. They have three children.{{cite web|title=Miroslava Duma and Her Style|url=http://www.fashioninspo.com/street-fashion/miroslava-duma-and-her-style/|publisher=Fashion Inspo|access-date=24 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326215740/http://www.fashioninspo.com/street-fashion/miroslava-duma-and-her-style/|archive-date=26 March 2015}}{{verification failed|date=July 2022}}

Duma graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 2008 with a Master's degree in International Business and Business Administration.{{cite web|last1=Gray|first1=Nathan|title=A working fashionista|url=http://themoscownews.com/business/20121112/190849520.html|publisher=The Moscow News|access-date=24 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013155315/http://themoscownews.com/business/20121112/190849520.html|archive-date=13 October 2014}}

Duma was an editor at Harper's Bazaar.{{cite news|work=The New York Times|date=2022-07-04|title= When the Czarinas Ruled the Front Row |last=Friedman|first=Vanessa|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/style/mira-duma-elena-perminova-ukraine.html|access-date=2022-07-04}} She moved into freelance writing, working for magazines including Vogue, Tatler, ForbesWoman and Glamour (Russian versions).{{cn|date=July 2022}}

Duma founded Buro 24/7 in 2011, 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.{{cite news |url= https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-bites/news-bites-buro-247-partners-with-system-es-magazines-tribute-to-london |title= News Bites {{!}} Buro 24/7 Partners with System, ES Magazine's Tribute to London |access-date= 2 November 2017 |language= en-GB |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170803211444/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-bites/news-bites-buro-247-partners-with-system-es-magazines-tribute-to-london |archive-date= 3 August 2017 }}

In 2016, Duma co-founded The Tot, a children's fashion company, with Nasiba Adilova.{{cite magazine|title= The Boss: Nasiba Adilova Turned Her Frustrations as a New Mom Into a Luxury E-Comm Startup|magazine=Time|date=2017-12-13|access-date=2020-11-15|url=https://time.com/5060634/the-tot-baby-store-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 Buro 24/7,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/fashion/miroslava-duma-fake-news-fashion-scandal-16423|title=Miroslava Duma Is At The Centre Of Fashion's First Fake News Scandal|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=29 June 2018|language=en}} after she shared a note on Instagram from fashion designer Ulyana Sergeenko containing a racial slur,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a15854264/ulyana-sergeenko-miroslava-duma-racist-note/|title=Designer Ulyana Sergeenko Faces Backlash After Using Racial Slur During Couture Week|date=23 January 2018|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=29 June 2018|language=en-US}} and after a video was released of her making transphobic comments.{{Cite news|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/fashion-figures-slam-miroslava-duma-for-offensive-comments-naomi-campbell-bryan-boy-marc-goehring11125986-11125986/|title=Fashion Figures Slam Miroslava Duma for Offensive Comments|last=Theodosi|first=Lorelei Marfil,Natalie|date=24 January 2018|work=WWD|access-date=29 June 2018|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/ulyana-sergeenko-racist-note-naomi-campbell-paris-fashion-week-response-a8177056.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/ulyana-sergeenko-racist-note-naomi-campbell-paris-fashion-week-response-a8177056.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Naomi Campbell Condemns Russian Designer for Writing N-Word in Note|work=The Independent|last=Young|first=Sarah|date=25 January 2018|access-date=13 June 2020}} Duma publicly apologized after the incidents.

Duma has invested in Reformation{{Cite news|url=https://fashionista.com/2015/04/reformation-12-million|title=Reformation Raises $12 Million from Stripes Group, 14W and Karlie Kloss|work=Fashionista|access-date=31 October 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025337/https://fashionista.com/2015/04/reformation-12-million|archive-date=7 November 2017}} (a greenfashion brand), Dropel Fabrics,{{cite web | url = http://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/351105-modnaya-rossiya-investicii-v-odezhdu-pozvolyayut-izmenit-ee-vneshniy-vid-i-process | title = Модная Россия: инвестиции в одежду позволяют изменить ее внешний вид и процесс покупки | work = Forbes Russia | date = 10 October 2017 | access-date = 26 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171022213842/http://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/351105-modnaya-rossiya-investicii-v-odezhdu-pozvolyayut-izmenit-ee-vneshniy-vid-i-process | archive-date = 22 October 2017 }} RewardStyle,{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/technology/rewardstyle-raises-15-million-maverick-miroslava-duma-10173496/|title=RewardStyle Raises $15 Million From Maverick, Miroslava Duma|date=30 June 2015|work=WWD|access-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101626/http://wwd.com/business-news/technology/rewardstyle-raises-15-million-maverick-miroslava-duma-10173496/|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=live|language=en-GB}} and Finery.{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/fashion-tech/finery-aims-to-succeed-where-other-virtual-closets-have-not|title=Finery Aims to Succeed Where Other Virtual Closets Have Not|date=9 March 2017|work=The Business of Fashion|access-date=31 October 2017|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020621/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/fashion-tech/finery-aims-to-succeed-where-other-virtual-closets-have-not|archive-date=7 November 2017}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d20b61ea-3954-11e7-821a-6027b8a20f23 | title=Miroslava Duma's New Industrial Revolution | work=Financial Times|access-date=15 January 2020|date=15 May 2017|last=Ellison|first=Jo}} The NYFTL is a twelve-week program for fashion technology startups.

Duma is one of the founders of PANGAIA, the materials science lifestyle apparel company.{{cite magazine|magazine=Drapers|url=https://www.drapersonline.com/product-and-trends/pangaia-using-science-to-lead-on-sustainable-fashion|title= Pangaia: The appliance of science in sustainable fashion |last=Dirvanauskas|first=Gabriele|date=2021-06-22|access-date=2022-05-03}}

Miroslava has featured as a keynote speaker and a panelist at Web Summit, Founders Forum, Slush, Financial Times Business of Luxury, Alibaba Global Women Entrepreneurship Forum in China, St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), The Copenhagen Fashion Summit, DLD conference in Munich, Vogue Fashion Festival in London, Nikkei Pioneers Asia in Japan, and New York Academy of Sciences: The Change Fashion Challenge.{{Cite news|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/ellie-pithers/TMG10784338/Lessons-from-the-stylish-Miroslava-Duma-29-businesswoman.html|title=Lessons from the stylish: Miroslava Duma, 29, businesswoman|last=Pithers|first=Ellie|date=26 April 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph}}

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