Biography
Education: economics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In the media industry of 1997 as the financial manager of the The Moscow Times newspaper.
Then — the chief financial officer, the director of department of conferences and the development director of ZAO Business News Media (Vedomosti and Smart Money).
In 2003 — one of founders of the Agrobusiness magazine.
From 2004 to 2005 — the head joint with Prof-Media publishing house the enterprise for the b2b edition of the Finansovy Director and Agrobusiness magazines.
Since October, 2007 — the publisher of the Smart Money magazine.
Since 2008 — the publisher of the The Moscow Times newspaper.
In May, 2013 Ekaterina Son passed to work into RBC, having replaced around tasks of the CEO of IDES of RBC publishing the magazine of the same name and the RBC daily newspaper.
On July 1, 2016 Ekaterina Son's powers on a post of the director of IDES of RBC expired and she left RBC, having given duties to the new director of ID - to Irina Mitrofanova. The management of RBC made the decision to select the tender Effie Awards Russia in separate business structure. At the same time RBC saves the license for carrying out tender in Russia. Ekaterina Son remained the head of an award.
Family
Spouse Dmitry Zhadan.