hi
I'm Sergey
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Over the past decade, I've founded and run ventures that rethink how people learn — from online universities and cultural labs to rural residencies and design-driven educational spaces.
The biggest is Yandex Practicum, co‑founded in 2018 and led from zero to €12M annual revenue, 30,000 students a year, and 71.1% graduate employment (HSE University research). Later helped take it to the US market as TripleTen.
On the nonprofit side, I co‑founded Kruzhok — an educational NGO whose free programmes for rural teenagers grew into national media stories: 38 programmes in six years, built with adidas, Miro, Tinkoff Bank, and Teach For All.
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2021). Featured in Deutsche Welle, Esquire, Monocle, Kommersant, RBC, and a YouTube film by Yuri Dud — 5.7M views.
Along the way — projects for World Chess and Google, and programmes with the British Council, Impact Hub, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
still learning, though
Now I'm building Journey Now — an app built around a new unit of learning: the journey. One topic, one month, one visible change.
Contact me on LinkedIn or at [email protected].
Paris, 2026 ☯︎