He Started an ‘Accidental’ Business at 25 With Just $2,000 — Then Gave His Product to the Pope: ‘Anyone Can Be an Entrepreneur’

In 1989, 25-year-old Michael Aram lived in a studio apartment on Christopher Street in New York City, where he was designing books and posters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by day and drawing and painting by night. During that time, the young artist happened to befriend some people from New Delhi, India, and he decided to visit them — a choice that would change his life and lead him to become the founder of his namesake luxury home and jewelry brand.

Image Credit: Courtesy of Michael Aram

When Aram arrived in India and saw local craftspeople at work, “It was like stepping back into Biblical times,” he says. Aram was

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