Sophie Schmidt (born 1986 or 1987) is an American media executive and publisher. She is the founder and publisher of Rest of World, a nonprofit journalism organization focused on global technology news. She is also a director at the Schmidt Family Foundation.
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Early life and education
Sophie Schmidt is the daughter of former Google CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt.
She attended Princeton University, graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Islamic studies. She wrote her undergraduate thesis on the impact of Internet technology in the Muslim world. Schmidt holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University.
Career
In 2013, Schmidt interned at SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. She subsequently worked in Dubai at the Afghan media company Moby Group, and held positions at Google-funded incubator Umbono and Xiaomi in Beijing.