Barber co-founded the bespoke jewellery house with a gemologist partner back in 2014 — creating one- of-a-kind pieces with rare top-quality coloured gemstones — but took full control of the business only four years later. Today, she runs a tight ship at Madly’s showroom in the laidback Tiong Bahru enclave with a trained team of 15 comprising multiple Gemological Institute of America (GIA) graduates, certified pearl experts, jewellery designers and an in-house gem cutter.
It’s been almost three months since former Kiss 92 breakfast show anchor Maddy Barber hung up her mic and headset after 25 years in the music business. And, while she genuinely misses her co-hosts Andre Hoeden and Divian Nair (but not so much the 6am call times), she’s really enjoying being full-time custodian to her fine jewellery brand, Madly.
“I know I’ve given my best to radio, but I haven’t given my all, if not my best to Madly. With how quickly the brand is growing and moving upstream, my baby needs all hands on deck! We have an office in Tanzania which I’ve never personally seen, and with radio as my day job, I probably would never be able to see it if I didn’t make this move,” says the 47-year-old mother of two.
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