Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder of The Profile, a modern media company devoted to the art of the longform profile. Each week, she dissects the lives, decisions, and inner wiring of the world's most successful founders, investors, athletes, and cultural leaders.

Previously, she spent five years at Fortune, where she wrote more than 1,300 articles and became a trusted voice among prominent investors and entrepreneurs. As the author and editor of Term Sheet, the magazine's industry-defining dealmaking newsletter, she interviewed some of the most influential power players in business, including Melinda Gates, Richard Branson, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Alexis Ohanian.

Today, her work reaches millions of readers who turn to The Profile for ambitious storytelling about ambition itself.