Life Lessons | Mercedes Abramo: Cartier North America President and CEO

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🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Mercedes Abramo, president and CEO of Cartier North America, has never been one to avoid taking risks or making moves. In fact, her career as a businesswoman has taken her all over the world, from the Ritz Carlton in Maui to business school in Paris to a stint at Tiffany & Co. in New York City before landing her at Cartier, where she worked her way all the way up the ladder. Tune in to this week’s Life Lessons episode as she chats with Hillary and offers up insights on expanding your skill set, learning how to be a manager, and learning how to decide when it’s time to move on to a new opportunity.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr and this is Life Lessons, a podcast spotlighting women who
0:12.0	have incredible careers within a single field or industry.
0:16.8	We talk about everything from how they got their start to the best things that they've
0:20.9	learned along the way.
0:22.5	Today, I am so thrilled to welcome Mercedes Abramo to the studio who is the president and CEO
0:29.4	at Cartier North America and truly one of my favorite women in the business.
0:35.0	She is the first woman to hold her position at Cartier and has been in the role since
0:39.8	2014, overseeing 28 boutiques, the US e-commerce business, and nearly 150 specialty retailers.
0:49.0	She's overseen the stunning launch of the new Cartier jewelry line Clash to Cartier,
0:54.2	the very successful relaunch of two of the brand's iconic watch collections, a renovation
0:59.3	of Cartier's Fifth Avenue flagship store, and the debut of a sparkling new store in Hudson
1:05.2	Yards.
1:06.4	She has a long and interesting career history in the luxury space and has worked her way
1:11.2	up in the most fascinating way.
1:14.1	I'm so delighted that Mercedes took some time out of her insanely busy schedule to sit
1:18.6	down with me.
1:20.1	Now, on life lessons, it's Mercedes Abramo.
1:25.4	To start at the beginning, what did you study in school and what did you think you were
1:29.2	going to be when you grew up?
1:31.2	Well, Hillary, I studied political science in college.
1:35.8	I actually thought I wanted to be a lawyer.
1:37.9	My role model was Deborah Winger from Legal Eagles.
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