Arash Pournouri

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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]

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  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.


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