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The Jewelry District

Episode 147: Guest Marc Bridge

The Jewelry District

JCK

Fashion & Beauty, Business News, Business, Arts, News

9.925 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates talk with Marc Bridge, CEO and founder of online jewelry platform At Present. A fifth-generation scion of the Ben Bridge family, Marc describes a life in the industry that began with cleaning jewelry cases as soon as he was tall enough to reach them, included a memorable cross-country trip to deliver homemade cookies to Warren Buffett, and spanned decades as a problem solver for the family firm. He urges the industry to sharpen its storytelling skills in order to deepen consumers’ appreciation for gems and explains his role as matchmaker through At Present, connecting jewelry lovers who crave unique pieces with the artisans who create them.Presenting sponsor: IGI (igi.org/education)Sponsor: Nivoda (nivoda.com)

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by IGII, the International Gemological Institute.

0:18.5

Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Kamelski talk with Mark Bridge, CEO and founder of At Present.

0:27.6

Hey everyone, welcome to the jewelry district. This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of J J-C-K Online.com, calling in from Los Angeles, and I'm with

0:40.9

Rob Bates, news director of J-CK and J-CK Online.com, calling in from New York City.

0:47.2

Hi, nice to chat with you again.

0:49.1

How are you?

0:49.9

I'm good. I feel like I could spend a whole episode talking about what I just did this weekend,

0:54.7

but I won't, but I feel like I could. I was in Miami for Formula One weekend with Tudor,

1:01.2

which is of course owned by Rolex, and it was so much fun. We even saw, we even managed to go

1:08.5

see a soccer match and Messi played.

1:11.3

We went to see Inter-Miamy play the New York Red Bulls at a stadium in Fort Lauderdale

1:16.5

because Tudor also sponsors Inter-Miamy.

1:19.5

And that was great fun because my son's in soccer.

1:22.2

And of course, you can't be in soccer without just being in awe of Messi.

1:27.0

So, yeah, it was a really fun weekend. There

1:29.6

were a lot of watch brands there. I don't know if you've ever, ever paid attention to Formula One.

1:35.2

No, I haven't. Did you, did you have anyone you were rooting for? Because I know that helps sometimes

1:40.3

if you're watching a sport. You know, well, we were there because Tudor sponsors the Visa

1:46.1

Cash app Racing Bulls team. It's kind of a mouthful. It is from what I understand also a Red Bull team.

1:52.8

Red Bull has been a, you know, really at the top of the F1 leaderboard for a long time because

1:57.5

their driver, Max first drop and is their A, that's, he's part of their A team. And he didn't

2:02.9

win this race, but he has won races recently. And he's just one of the personalities you hear

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