Chris Aire
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| Chris Aire and Angelina Jolie |
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| Chris Aire and Celine |
This week, Nigerian born Chris Aire, popularly known as the
‘King of Bling’, a celebrity jeweller and international designer of customized
ornaments will feature on African Voices, CNN’s International weekly half-hour
programme highlighting Africa's most engaging personalities.
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| Chris Aire and 50 Cent |
Interviewed by CNN’s Vladimir Duthiers, Aire talks about the
challenges he’s encountered after turning down his father’s offer to join the
family oil business. Instead he opted to pursue an education and follow his
dreams in America.
Aire recounts his days as a struggling artiste and how a
chance meeting with a friend’s father awakened his secret passion of investing
in the jewellry industry.
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| Chris Aire and Adrien |
Aire tells Duthiers: “I've always had this secret fantasy of
investing all of my money from entertainment into jewellry because growing up
in Africa , I knew it was a lucrative field. So I basically started my training
from the ground level and worked my way up to understanding more about gold,
platinum, gold diamonds, coloured gem stones etc.”
A graduate of the Gemological Institute of America, Aire has
shown his expertise in urban-style diamond jewellry designs for almost two
decades. He is currently located in
Beverly Hills, California and runs Chris Aire Fine Jewellry and Timepieces.
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| Chris Aire with a Model |
Aire often visits Nigeria, his home country, with plans to
set up an extension of his jewellery dynasty and also to help the less
privileged such as the orphans. He does so by donating his time and money to
several charities and also through visits to the orphanage. He stated that,
“Children are the pillar of any society. With a lot of support and
encouragement we can inspire our children to do amazing things in the future.”
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| Chris Aire with some Bobos |
For more information, viewers can visit
www.cnn.com/africanvoices; the show’s Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/cnnafricanvoices and on Twitter: @africavoicesCNN
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