Amina Porter—the visionary CEO behind PS, a non-public luxurious airport terminal for commercial-flight passengers—has utterly developed the journey expertise. PS affords a spread of elevated facilities, on-site TSA screening, and transportation on to the tarmac, permitting vacationers to bypass the everyday hassles of the airport and really get pleasure from the method of journey. Presently working in Los Angeles and Atlanta Worldwide Airports, PS has bold plans to broaden to main U.S. airports in locations corresponding to Miami and Dallas by 2025.
As Porter stands on the helm of redefining future journey, her fascination with exploration and the artwork of journey stays a relentless driving power and supply of inspiration. Having lived in seven completely different cities and talking 5 languages, she has a real ardour for experiencing numerous cultures and locations. Nevertheless, her skilled journey took an sudden flip after she started her profession in finance, working in China. Throughout her six-year stint in China, Porter leveraged her monetary experience to seek the advice of on the opening of Shanghai’s first boutique lodge—a enterprise that hinted at her future on the planet of luxurious journey.
With a view to add depth to her already spectacular enterprise acumen, Porter pursued her MBA at Wharton. Upon finishing her MBA, she climbed the ranks to turn out to be a senior director on the esteemed actual property funding agency Lionstone. Nevertheless, in 2018, Porter skilled a private tragedy that compelled her to reevaluate her priorities. It was this life-altering occasion that prompted her to make a daring choice. She stepped away from her profitable profession at Lionstone, halted manufacturing on an adjunct firm she was operating on the facet, and launched into a profound journey of reinvention. Hearken to the newest episode of Second Life to listen to how Porter’s choice to step away from her profession really led her to PS, the place she is making a fantastic impression on journey tradition.
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