Monaco Info - The Podcast

Our guest today was raised among diamonds, but her first language was music. Born into an Asian family rooted in the jewellery business, she began sorting gemstones with her father as a child while pursuing life as a classically trained cellist. A shoulder injury ended her ambitions as a solo musician, redirecting her toward another form of composition: haute joaillerie. After studying at the Gemological Institute of America, Parsons and Columbia, she founded her namesake Maison in New York. Today, her jewels are worn by Madonna, Oprah, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Not only has her work entered major museum collections but she has also set multiple auction records, including a necklace that sold for 5.78 million dollars at Sotheby's Hong Kong. Meet Monaco resident Anna Hu.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Our guest today trained as a commercial lawyer in London before moving to the South of France in the early Nineties. He launched a luxury events company and joined Riviera Radio as operations manager and presenter, staying for 15 years and leaving as sales and marketing director. From there came senior marketing roles at Yachting Partners International and Fraser Yachts. Today, the author of "Smart Yacht Marketing 101: The Secrets to Sourcing, Winning and Retaining the World's Richest Clientele" is a commentator for CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox News. Meet yachting and luxury consultant, Mark Duncan.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Our guest today is a British industrial designer who says, "I am trained to always think about how to improve something." As the co-founder of Origin Products, he helped transform the Polly Pocket concept into one of the world's best-known toy brands and created puzzles like the Rubik's Clock. The entrepreneur invested in Formula E to help shape the spectator experience, and more recently he co-founded Team Monaco for E1, the first all-electric powerboat championship series. Yet the inventor still finds time to illuminate the River Thames with an annual boat parade. Meet Monaco resident Chris Taylor.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Our guest today was born in Beijing during China's Cultural Revolution when her family was classified as "enemies of the people" by the Red Guards. As a migrant child, she endured poverty and discrimination, and worked from age ten with little formal education until she was 18. Dismissed as a "zero", she became an award-winning violinist, played at COP21, was a member of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and founded ZhangOMusiq, an NGO using classical music to support humanitarian projects worldwide. The trilingual opinion leader writes oped pieces for Le Figaro and her memoir was published in 2023. Meet Monaco resident Zhang Zhang. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Our guest today is the grandson of the American aviator who in 1927 completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. The gifted athlete was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and disabled by age 30, yet later regained mobility through knee replacements and a breakthrough biotech drug. He went on in 2002 to retrace his grandfather's solo New York–Paris crossing, raising over $1 million and helping kick-start the private space-flight era with the XPRIZE. As Chairman of the Lindbergh Foundation, he is involved with the Save the Date centennial events celebrating the Spirit of St. Louis on May 21, 2027. Meet Erik Lindbergh.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.