Lila Tretikov

Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation

Lila Tretikov (Russian: Лайла Третиков; born January 25, 1978) was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2014 to 2016.[1] She is a specialist in software engineering.

Lila Tretikov
Tretikov in 2014
Born (1978-01-25) January 25, 1978 (age 46)
Occupationformer Executive director of Wikimedia Foundation
EmployerWikimedia Foundation
AwardsStevie Awards

Career change

Tretikov was born in the former Soviet Union in 1978. She emigrated to America in 1994. She studied art and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

In May 2014, Tretikov was selected as the future executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, replacing Sue Gardner and took up the post on June 1, 2014.

References change

  1. Jan-Bart De Vreede (May 1, 2014). "Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov". Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. Katherine Seligman (May 9, 2014). "The Woman To Run Wikipedia: Russian-born Former Cal Student Seen as "White Unicorn"". Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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