Polina Marinova
Polina Marinova
Early Years & Education
Marinova was born in Bulgaria and later mover to United States with her parents. In an interview with OnePitch.co, she said:
Yeah, so, I was born in Bulgaria and in 1999 my parents won a Green Card lottery.
At the time, I’m not sure if it’s still going on, but there was a Green Card lottery where you apply to go live in certain places.
And then there’s a lottery and then if they select you go through this year-long interview process to kind of prove that, if you are selected to immigrate to the United States, you have a place to live, you’ll have a job, etcetera.
Polina: So, I was eight when that happened and then we went through the entire process and in 2000 my parents and I moved to Atlanta, Georgia from Bulgaria.
Which if you don’t know English and then you get hit with the Southern accent it’s like whoa![6]
Marinova attended North Springs High School, before enrolling at the University of Georgia. She received a B.A. in Journalism with a minor in Sociology. [3]
Career
Polina started her career as the Editor-in-Chief of The Red & Black Newspaper at the University of Georgia. In 2013, she became a Community Manager at USA Today. From 2013-2014, she worked as a Producer of Features, iReport & CNN Wire at CNN. During 2014, she was also a Social Media Editor at OZY Media.[3]
In 2014, Marinova joined Fortune (magazine) as the Audience Engagement Editor. She then transitioned to Deputy Editor of Fortune Venture, a section focused on early stage startups. Polina was an editor at Fortune Magazine covering entrepreneurship and venture capital up to March 2020. [3]
In 2017, Marinova launched The Profile, a weekly email newsletter curating the best in-depth company and human profiles on the internet.