From Vogue to Silicon Valley.
- ABOUT TAMARA
I don't fit in a box, and I don't build them either. My career has spanned from international runways and high-fashion ateliers in London to the trenches of Silicon Valley tech giants. I've lived globally — Monaco, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and South Africa — working alongside everyone from tech billionaires and royals to women surviving in homeless shelters.
I hold Master's degrees in Journalism & Politics, an MBA, and attended Harvard Business School. But my real education came from building. I started my own fashion label that sold in Barneys, produced and directed in Hollywood, and built massive media networks. After serving as CEO of a major European media conglomerate (oe24/de24), I shifted to an advisory role to focus entirely on my US-based startups.
“I DON'T FIT IN A BOX. I BUILT MY OWN”
Today, AI is my weapon of choice. As the CEO of the Edit Empire — five editorial verticals (WomanEdit, ManEdit, SportsEdit, StateEdit, NewsEdit) built by a female-led team — I am aggressively disrupting the male-dominated media industry and rebuilding the journalism legacy newsrooms walked away from.
I Didn't Inherit This Empire. I Built It.
- The Unfiltered Bio
I am not another out-of-touch tech founder lecturing you from an ivory tower. I know exactly how the real world operates because I have lived every extreme of it. When I immigrated to the United States, my Master's degrees and MBA didn't hand me the keys to the kingdom. I had to start from absolute zero. Even while holding a manager position, there was a point where I was working three jobs just to survive.
I have sat with tech billionaires and royals, and I have stood with women depending on homeless shelters. I have been in the position of all walks of life. I speak the language of everyday people — the people who actually do the work, the people who make these Silicon Valley elites rich. That is why my anger is justified. I am entirely fed up with watching a handful of isolated billionaires, who have zero connection to reality, try to dictate the future for the rest of us.
01 · The Reality Check
My career is built on understanding human behavior and technological scale. I've worked on the inside of the biggest machines in the world — from Google and MySpace to LEGO, FOX, and Vogue. I've launched a fashion label that sold in Barneys, produced in Hollywood, and ran European media conglomerates as a CEO.
02 · The Resume of Disruption
My journey began in the world of image. I studied design at St. Martins in London and worked in the ateliers of legends like Westwood, Dior, and Hilfiger. I walked international runways as a model and learned the power of presence on Hollywood sets with directors like Christopher Nolan and actors like Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.
But while I loved the art of storytelling, I realized the real power wasn't just in front of the lens—it was behind the infrastructure.
I pivoted. Hard. I earned my MBA, dove into Computer Science, and immersed myself in the tech world of Silicon Valley. I traded scripts for algorithms and casting calls for board meetings.
Now, I am scaling my own US-based startups. I run an AI media empire, fully automated and relentlessly efficient. I know how this technology works from the inside out. I build platforms that disrupt male-dominated industries, proving that technology can be powerful and feminine."
FROM COUTURE TO CODE
If you want to know what drives me, look at my daughter. The second I became a mother, my entire worldview shifted. The pink glasses came off permanently. When you become a parent, you stop giving a shit about office politics or making people comfortable — you care about protecting your child at all costs. And right now, our children are standing in the crosshairs of the most powerful, unregulated technology in human history.
03 · The Catalyst
04 · The Ultimatum
We cannot wait for the government to catch up, and we cannot trust Big Tech to police itself. That is why I am putting myself in the driver's seat.
Through the Velvetheart Foundation, I am leading the movement for an independent AI government. We are demanding immediate, enforceable laws that hardcode child safety and privacy into the foundation of Artificial Intelligence. I am stepping into the arena, I am taking the microphone, and I am demanding that we protect our kids. NOW.