Biography
Andrey Khusid — khusid with roots in the Russian Empire
Andrey Khusid is the co-founder and CEO of Miro (formerly RealtimeBoard), the visual collaboration platform used by over 60 million people at companies including Netflix, Spotify, and Cisco. He founded the company in Perm, Russia in 2011 before relocating headquarters to San Francisco.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — USA
Born and educated in Perm, Russia, Khusid built Miro from scratch in Russia's Ural region before scaling it to global unicorn status. His Russian engineering background — rooted in the Soviet tradition of rigorous technical education — underpinned the platform architecture that made Miro the dominant tool of the remote work era.
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Co‑founder of visual collaboration platform Miro.intellinews+2
Born in Perm
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Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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Co-founded Miro in Perm, Russia (2011)
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Scaled to 60+ million users at 200,000+ organisations worldwide
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Raised $476 million Series C at $17.5 billion valuation (2022)
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Named to Forbes Cloud 100 multiple times
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Pioneer of the visual collaboration software category
"We want to be the place where teams go to think together."
Andrey Khusid
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