Dr Ruja Ignatova

Is a public person and a businesswoman.

She received the title of „Business-lady of the year“ of Bulgaria in years 2012 and 2014. She has a master’s degree

in economics (University of Konstanz, Germany), doctor’s degree in jurisprudence (Oxford and University of Konstanz).

 

Ruja Ignatova was born in Rousse, Bulgaria, where her parents were students. She grew up in Pleven and Sofia,

but in 1990 her parents get work visas for Germany and the whole family went to live there. Only 10 years old,

Ruja Ignatova had to live among people with a high standard of living, and she didn’t understand their language

and couldn’t communicate with them.

Several years later, she skipped 9th grade and went straight to 10th grade because of excellent grades. 

Ruja Ignatova’s skills to learn fast also helped to finish her law education for 2 and a half years instead of 5 years,

ranking third with her grades in the whole country.  

After completing a doctorate successfully, she taught comparative law between the English,

the French and the German legal systems for a while.

During her studies, she was a member of the Christian Democratic Party and a youth leader of the party.

The next challenge that Ruja Ignatova faced was her studies at Oxford.  

She won a scholarship for Master’s degree in Law, but quickly realized that she doesn’t like law and wants

to work something related to numbers, investments, economy.

So, she started working for McKinsey & Company- an international company which is a leader in consulting services.

Ruja Ignatova was quickly promoted to project manager and after that she was invited to become a partner.

During her stay in the company she worked for Deutsche Bank, Allianz, Russian and Romanian banks and some Bulgarian banks.

Currently Ruja Ignatova is part of the management team of Crypto Real Investment Trust – an investment fund

with assets worth 100 million dollars.

Some time ago Ruja Ignatova published a book about finance and personal development –

“Learning for Profit”, which is a part of the virtual university for e-currency “Crypto Real University”.  

The book was officially presented by Ruja Ignatova during a conference in Hong Kong on 06.06.2014.

All 478 copies of the book were sold during the first two hours.

22 copies from the first edition were given to business partners of Ruja Ignatova from China and Dubai.