Born in California, Ms.de Bardin founded and led three different companies in New York City: F.L. Taylor & Co, an executive search firm; Francesca Girard, a chain of luxury stores, and Francvin, an importing company. In 2016, her book Fighting Global Tyranny — Where Are The Women? was published on Amazon.com. Ms de Bardin has both US and French citizenship, speaks English, French and Italian and now resides in Moscow. She lived for eight years in southern France prior to moving to Moscow.