Laurence Graff

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Laurence Graff (* 1938 in London ) is a British entrepreneur and jeweler .

Life

Graff was born in London to a Jewish family. In 1960 he founded the jewelry company Graff Diamonds . At the age of 24, he opened his first two jewelry stores in 1962 in Hatton Garden , London's historic jewelery district. Hassanal Bolkiah from Brunei is one of his most important customers . Over the years he traded such important pieces of jewelry as the Idol's Eye diamond , the Emperor Maximillian diamond , the Porter Rhodes diamond , the Windsor diamond , the Hope of Africa diamond , the Begum blue -Diamonds , the Paragon Diamond , the Star of America Diamond , the Golden Star Diamond or the Lesotho Promise Diamond . According to the US American Forbes Magazine , Graff is one of the richest Britons. In 2008 his company acquired the Wittelsbacher Blue Diamond . Graff cut the historic diamond, which aroused international criticism. In the summer of 2017, Graff Diamonds bought the Lesedi La Rona diamond for $ 53 million (45 million euros).

Graff has been married since 1962 and has three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daily Mail: Don't talk to me about that £ 40m Graff gems raid. I missed out on my own 24-carat family fortune
  2. ^ New York Times: Laurence Graff, chairman, Graff Diamonds
  3. Forbes Magazine: Laurence Graff
  4. ^ New York Times: Out of the Blue, Prestige and Riches
  5. Christoph Rottwilm: The largest diamond in 100 years costs 53 million dollars . Manager Magazin, September 26, 2017