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