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I'm Sergey

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For a decade, I've been building things in education, culture and tech: an online university, coding/design bootcamps and schools, a nonprofit for teenagers in rural regions, and now an app for creator‑led learning journeys.

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 Kruzhok, an NGO running free programs for teenagers in villages and small towns: 38 of them 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 that got 5.7M views.

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

still learning

I love exploring and rethinking how people learn 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 ☯︎