Just two years ago, Alex and Ani founder Carolyn Rafaelian was sitting in her airy, nautical-themed Venice Beach home, hobnobbing with one of hip-hop’s greatest artists. (Don’t feel too bad — she still owns at least a dozen homes, including spreads in Rhode Island, New York City and Venice Beach, California. Steven Senne/AP“Oil And Water In A Healthy Way”: Giovanni Feroce (left), an Iraq war veteran, and Carolyn Rafaelian met at a University of Rhode Island reunion. Alex and Ani officially launched from inside her father’s jewelry factory in Cranston, Rhode Island in 2004. For now, a much diminished Alex and Ani is surviving the pandemic without Carolyn Rafaelian.

Source: Forbes October 23, 2020 11:13 UTC