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Sophie Schmidt

Founder & Publisher, Rest of World

Sophie Schmidt

Sophie Schmidt is the founder & publisher of Rest of World, an award-winning international technology news organization. She has worked in tech and politics in China, the UAE, the UK, South Africa and Myanmar, and previously held comms & policy roles at Uber. She earned an MBA from Stanford and MPA from Harvard. In 2024, […]

Sophie Schmidt is the founder & publisher of Rest of World, an award-winning international technology news organization. She has worked in tech and politics in China, the UAE, the UK, South Africa and Myanmar, and previously held comms & policy roles at Uber. She earned an MBA from Stanford and MPA from Harvard. In 2024, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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