Edward Shenderovich is an American entrepreneur, publisher, and educator. Born in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia) in 1976, he moved to the United States at age 14 in 1990 and later became a naturalized American citizen. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and is currently the co-founder and CEO of Synonym, a New York-based company focused on building infrastructure for the bioeconomy.