Kirstine Stewart | |
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Born | Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Occupation | media executive |
Kirstine Stewart (born c. 1968) is a media executive and author who is currently the Head of Shaping the Future of Media at the World Economic Forum. She was formerly the head of English language services at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, vice-president of media at Twitter, and chief revenue officer of Tribalscale.
Stewart was born in Canada to British emigrants who came to Canada in the 1960s. She is the eldest of their two daughters.[1] She attended Milton District High School, where she was named an Ontario Scholar at age sixteen.[1] Stewart earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1988, majoring in English with a minor in business.[2] Stewart is married to Zaib Shaikh, the former star of Little Mosque and the current consul general of Canada in Los Angeles.