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Arash Pournouri (born 28 August 1981 in Iran), also known as Ash Pournouri, is an Iranian-Swedish record manager, record producer, songwriter and record executive. While he is best known as the former manager for Avicii, their artist-manager relationship ended in December 2016.[1] Arash is also known for co-writing the lyrics to Cazzette's song, “Beam Me Up”.[2] He owns the music label PRMD and the booking agency At Night Management.[3][4] He appeared in the documentary film Avicii: True Stories.[5]

In 2014, Pournouri was awarded as MVP (Most Valuable Person) at the Denniz Pop Awards founded by Denniz Pop.[6]

He along with Spotify founder Daniel Ek are the creators of the tech convention Symposium.[5] Pournouri studied law and has also owned and ran several restaurant and bars in Norway and arranged club nights in Stockholm.[7] On 9 July 2015, he was the presenter for Sommar i P1 on Sveriges Radio.[8] He is one of the founders of Brilliant Minds.[9] In 2018, he along with Brilliant Minds arranged a conference at Grand Hotel in Stockholm where Barack Obama attended.[9] In 2019, Arash became part owner of the video platform Triller.[10]

Pournouri is a judge on Idol 2024 which is broadcast on TV4.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Aviciis manager bemöter Tommy Körbergs kritik". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ Cazzette - Beam Me Up, retrieved 2022-11-22
  3. ^ "Avicii & Longtime Manager Ash Pournouri Part Ways | Billboard". Billboard. 2016-12-25. Archived from the original on 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  4. ^ "DagensPS.se – Avicii-geniets tabbe: "Ville bara att de skulle konka"". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Symposium-grundaren talar ut om tiden innan "Aviciis" bortgång". Breakit. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copyASH | Denniz Pop Awards". www.dennizpopawards.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. ^ Lazarevic, Petar (2015-10-17). "The man behind Avicii: Meet Ash Pournouri". We Rave You. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  8. ^ Radio, Sveriges (9 July 2015). "Arash "Ash" Pournouri - Sommar & Vinter i P1". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  9. ^ a b "Hjärnorna bakom Brilliant Minds". Expressen. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Aviciis ex-manager backar Tik Tok-utmanare". 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Ash Pournouri ny medlem i "Idol"-juryn: "Taggad"". Aftonbladet. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.