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15. Diversification


                           Fashion, a clothing house











              15.1  Aml-Création - Via Fontana Fashion
              For several years, I'd had a real desire to diversify. It had
              become a need.
                 I've been through a number of economic crises: in 2000,
              the bursting of the dotcom bubble; in 2001, the 9/11 attacks
              in the USA; and in 2008, the subprime crisis. Each time, I've
              experienced, through my companies, moments that weren't
              always easy, because my only business was IT management.
              As soon as the sector suffered the adverse effects of a crisis,
              we were directly impacted, as these effects often called into
              question  our  customers'  investment  strategies.  I  was
              obsessed!

              In February 2010,  I  organized  a  colourful  evening  on the
              theme  of  1001  Nights.  I  invited  a  gifted  young  Moroccan



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