Carolyn Rafaelian
$100M
as of 11/15/21
About Carolyn Rafaelian
Carolyn Rafaelian, a onetime billionaire, founded bangle brand Alex and Ani in 2004.
Alex and Ani, named after her two older daughters, peaked in 2017; it then had 100 company-owned locations across North and South America.
After a 2019 dispute with Bank of America over a loan default, she agreed to divest her controlling interest in Alex and Ani to Lion Capital.
In May 2020, Rafaelian was fired by Alex and Ani after months of restructuring.
She is an investor in Big3, a 3-on-3 basketball league made up primarily of former NBA players; it was cofounded by rapper and actor Ice Cube.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
jewelryResidence
Providence, Rhode IslandBirth date
09/25/66 (age 58)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, The American College, Los AngelesSelf-made
self-madeCarolyn Rafaelian’s fortune is worth
2K
troy ounces of gold
2K
median U.S. household
1K
median U.S. income
0.002%
U.S. credit card volume
0%
GDP of the United States
0%
United States debt
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Rafaelian owns Belcourt, a 56,000-square foot Gilded Age mansion in Newport, R.I. once inhabited by suffragist Alva Vanderbilt, which she's renovating as a museum.
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