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I'm Sergey

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For years I've been building things in education, culture and tech: online universities, bootcamps and schools, nonprofit initiatives for teenagers in rural regions, web and in‑app learning tools.

As head of product, I was part of the Yandex Practicum founding team (2018). We grew it from zero to €12M a year and 30,000 students by 2022, with 71% of graduates finding jobs (HSE University research). I also helped bring it to the US market as TripleTen.

On the nonprofit side, I co‑founded and managed Kruzhok, an NGO running free creator‑led programs for teenagers in villages and small towns: 38 of them in six years, built with adidas, Miro, Tinkoff Bank, Teach For All, and 100+ artists and creators.

Forbes 30 Under 30 (2021). Featured in Deutsche Welle, Esquire, Monocle, Kommersant, RBC, Meduza, and a YouTube film by Yuri Dud that got 5.7M views.

Programs with HSE Art and Design School, Garage Museum, the British Council, Harbour.Space University and Impact Hub. Tech projects for World Chess and Google.

still learning

I'm exploring and thinking about how people learn, create and connect as the world changes. If you have an idea, it could be us who make it happen.

Contact me on LinkedIn or at ciao@sergeynugaev.com.

Paris, 2026 ☯︎ it could be us →