Monaco Info - The Podcast

Our guest today is a genuine Monaco celebrity insider with stories you won't hear elsewhere. He was on the starting grid of 246 Formula One Grand Prix races, celebrated 13 wins, and was the 2001 World Drivers' Championship runner up. The Scottish pundit has remained planted in the world of motorsport as a correspondent with the BBC and now Channel 4. He owns a pub, a television production company...

Our guest today is an award-winning photojournalist, documentary filmmaker and best-selling author known for capturing the lives of people in conflict zones and marginalized communities. The British-born activist is also committed to working with non-profit associations, like Action Innocence Monaco which raises awareness about the dangers of using the internet to children and their parents. It ma...

Our guest today first put on a pair of alpine skis at age 5 and competed nationally in Sweden before her family entered her in a beauty pageant. The blond bombshell went on to be crowned Miss World Sweden and graced over 500 magazine covers. The former roommate of Melania Knauss Trump shot to TV fame as a game show hostess of the Wheel of Fortune in France, then Italy, although these days the entr...

She enrolled at the Rainier III Academy of Music at age 5 to play the mandolin, and recorded a CD with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. These days the Monegasque is known for serving tea and her strong attachment to the community. But between discovering a cigar box of family letters sent before Auschwitz and a fire tearing through her home, she believes life is sending her signs. Welcome l...

Born in Britain but raised and educated in Monaco, she has spent fifteen years immersed five-star hotel luxury, from the Savoy in London to the Royal Monceau in Paris. The Glion Institute graduate returned to the Principality with her service industry know-how and now she runs the Columbus Hotel Monte Carlo, where her talent earned her the title of Manager of the Year. Welcome Monaco's first—and o...

He is known for his famous orange airline which both changed the way we travel and created one of the world's most iconic family of brands. The Greek-Cypriot tycoon was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of services to entrepreneurship. And the billionaire is the first and only Monaco resident to sign The Giving Pledge, committing to donate half of his wealth in his lifetime. Meet easyJ...

Paula Radcliffe is regarded as one of the greatest female long-distance runners of all time. She held the Women's World Marathon Record for 16 years and is a four-time Olympian representing Britain. As a BBC pundit, she covers every major athletics event on the planet and she's also the founder of Families on Track. The Monaco resident has a few surprises up her sleeve, too, She designs tote bags...

Keith Chapman is the creative genius behind not one but two children's animated blockbuster series, Paw Patro l and Bob the Builder . He has created and produced an animated film on deforestation with Leonardo DiCaprio and the king of Intellectual Property has come up with a Monaco-inspired superstar cow. Yet his creative career almost never happened. Why? Because he may be only person in the worl...