# Kira Shishkin

> Kira Shishkin is Founder and CEO of informed.now, the daily news text. Ukrainian-Israeli immigrant, Google and Intuit alum, builder of four companies.

Source: https://informed.now/kira

Founder

[informed.now](https://informed.now/) is a news research company on a mission to put the power of facts in your palm by texting you impactful news without bias, clickbait, or ads.

Kira Shishkin is the founder of [informed.now](https://informed.now/). As a Ukrainian-Israeli immigrant to the US, Kira witnessed misinformation overload in news at the highest of stakes. So he set out on a [mission](https://informed.now/mission) to fix it.

Kira is a problem solver who's built four companies, and helped his friends build a dozen others. His experience spans broadly across software, strategy, research, finance, and investments. Kira held roles at industry-leading companies, including Google, Primary Ventures, Intuit, BTIG, and GrowthPoint.

His education includes University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and Stanford. He's lived in three countries and speaks four languages.

Kira's personal passions include empowering artistic risk through [Kira.Foundation](https://kira.foundation), cultivating community through [Circuit](https://circuit.bond), and curating music through [Audio.Kira.Foundation](https://audio.kira.foundation/).

Read Kira's story in [USA Today](https://l.informed.now/usatoday), [Business Times](https://l.informed.now/ibt), and more [media](https://informed.now/media).

Want to work with Kira? Browse [careers](https://informed.now/careers).

Connect with Kira on [LinkedIn](https://l.informed.now/kira).

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