Our latest "Luxury" stories

Meet with Sellma REICHSTEIN, MSc in Luxury Management Alumna 2018. Meet with Sellma REICHSTEIN, MSc in Luxury Management Alumna 2018. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? I left IUM in 2018 with an MSc degree in Luxury Management with a desire to develop my career within luxury fashion and lifestyle. I wanted to use…

After winning the Special Award in Yachting at the Mark Challenge Competition 2020 during her MSc in Luxury Management at IUM, Trudy Berger recently started her company called Brand Therapy. What have you done since you graduated from the IUM MSc in Luxury Brand Management?  Once I finished the Master in 2020, I started thinking even more…

Meet Marissa Gordon, a sparkling American MSc in Luxury Management Alumna. She has recently started her own company, “Maridani“, a boutique brand agency that provides impeccable service and turnkey activations based in the Southeast United States. What have you done since you graduated from IUM?  Since graduating from IUM, I consulted for an Events Management company in…

Meet with Vishal Bamalwa, MSc in Luxury Management 2014, a Successful Indian Entrepreneur. After completing an MSc in Luxury Management, Retail specialization in 2014 at IUM, Vishal wanted to create a brand that could be exported to India. Vishal founded Santieb’s in October 2017. Santieb’s that is loosely based on his mother’s name, Santosh, is aimed to revolutionize…

Meet with Nicholas Williamson, American, passionate about the luxury automotive and watch industry! How did you come about the idea of studying abroad? I initially did two years of university in the United States. I wanted to pursue a business degree, but I became more interested in the luxury industry. I heard about IUM from a…

Meet with Sini Mu, a successful Chinese alumna who is now working EC traffic acquisition at DIOR China. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? I have focused on digital marketing and eCommerce in the luxury industry after graduating from IUM. I have worked for BURBERRY, MICHAEL KORS, and now I’m responsible for EC…

An interview with the MBA Program Director, Dr. Marika Taishoff “Our aim is not only to enroll candidates who have perfect MBA profiles from the very outset but, just as importantly, those that will gain and grow the most as a result of the program.” When you look at the class profile for the class of…

Meet with Strahinja Stra Bojat, MSc in Luxury Management 2018 What have you done since you graduated from IUM? I moved to London and started a career in the Luxury Retail Industry. At first, I started working as a Luxury Recruitment Consultant, and I realized that the roles I worked on were actually the ones I…

Meet with Carolina Urias, a dynamic Spanish/French new student of the MSc in Luxury Management program. How did you come about the idea of studying abroad? I have been working in the luxury industry on the French Riviera for seven years now, and I decided to challenge myself by going back to university. It was the moment to invest…

We recently met with Valérie Couradès, Fashion & Accessories Management specialization. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? After my graduation, I worked a few years for Façonnable here in Monaco. Then I moved to Paris to work for some of the most prominent digital pure-players: Rue du Commerce and BrandAlley, where I learned a…

Differently, but by no means worse! During the orientation week, IUM welcomed 2/3 of its new students on campus and 1/3 online. The ones on campus had the opportunity to meet in person with their program directors and their peers. To avoid contacts, videos were made to present key staff members and services to the new…