Tech Powered Luxury

Feb 03 2025 77 ep. 48 mins
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Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠. Tech Powered Luxury is hosted by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders.

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