Ex Heroin Addict Turned Media Mogul
From rehab to media mogul, we meet the ex heroin addict who founded the $4 billion VICE empire.
Suroosh Alvi is head of VICE media which has made a splash by targeting young people with edgy news stories and online entertainment. Suroosh is a former heroin addict, but after a stint in drug rehab he began his media empire with an underground magazine in Canada, where he grew up.
Mary Mazloumian's family built-up and ran Aleppo's grandest hotel, the Hotel Baron. It's located in a part of the city that turned into a front line between Syrian forces and the rebels. But in its heyday the hotel was known for luxury, glamour and its celebrity guests, who included British crime writer Agatha Christie, President Theodore Roosevelt and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Mary tells Outlook about the life and times of the Hotel Baron.
Image: Suroosh Alvi founder of VICE media
Credit: VICE
Last on
Broadcasts
- Thu 26 Jan 201712:06GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean & News Internet
- Thu 26 Jan 201717:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Fri 27 Jan 201702:06GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & News Internet
- Fri 27 Jan 201704:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Fri 27 Jan 201705:06GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Fri 27 Jan 201706:06GMTBBC World Service South Asia
- Fri 27 Jan 201707:06GMTBBC World Service East Asia
Contact Outlook
Info on how we might use your contribution on air
Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary
Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected
