I’m Christine Drinan, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Galavante, the luxury travel website for the Working Jet Set. Travel is my passion, and besides my husband David, the second love of my life. My love affair with travel started as a university exchange student at the School of Business and Econo ...
I’m Christine Drinan, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Galavante, the luxury travel website for the Working Jet Set. Travel is my passion, and besides my husband David, the second love of my life. My love affair with travel started as a university exchange student at the School of Business and Economics in Vienna. I backpacked throughout Europe that semester, and while my accommodations have dramatically changed, my desire to experience the best of hotels, restaurants, sights and nightlife in every city has not. To date, I’ve visited over 35 countries and quickly counting, and look to share the best of the best in the world with you.
Besides being a passionate traveler, I am an Entrepreneur. I am a Finance refugee, and I spent the last five years of my career in the industry at the Blackstone Group, the largest private equity fund in the world. I learned a great deal about business and life, both from that experience and from completing my MBA at Columbia University in New York City.
I had always wanted to start my own business, though it was hard to walk away from my finance career. When I worked in Finance, I went in day in and day out, frustrated I couldn’t be the person I wanted to be. It was my husband who gave me the swift kick in the pants to make the change. Well, the rest is history, or at least history in the making. At Galavante.com, we provide the best in travel, home entertainment inspired by travel, what to buy for and on your trips and travel for the jet set family.
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