Graff with its million dollar gems or even Barneys given their world-famous displays?
Neither Ser nor prosecutor Ilan Graff would describe the terms of the proposed agreement.
Graff, executive director and chief executive of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.
In 2009 , two sharp-suited men walked into Graff Jewellers on central London's New Bond Street.
America, where half the world's diamond jewelry is bought, was Graff's next big move.
Graff's one U.S. misstep: a failed attempt to open a store in Beverly Hills.
But Graff couldn't convince London's top jewelers to buy his competent but lackluster designs.
"Unless you are a certain size you haven't got a chance, " Graff said in November.
Graff is the latest overseas business looking to promote itself in Asia through a Hong Kong listing.
Mr. Leist says he was surprised when Mr. Graff began sharing management tips during their lunch sessions.
Graff closed his two small shops and in 1974 opened up a bigger one close to Harrods.
Graff relocated to New Bond Street in the tony Mayfair neighborhood--and went on a real estate shopping spree.
Neither defense attorney Jason Ser nor prosecutor Ilan Graff would identify that person.
It was bought by British businessman and jeweller Laurence Graff and will go on public display in South Africa.
What distinguishes Graff from the likes of Cartier and Van Cleef is a decision he made a decade ago.
Of course Graff would still travel when a deal was to be made.
The sale will 130 signed jewels by Buccellati, Bulgari, Cartier, Graff, Marina B.
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It is suspended from a diamond necklace that incorporates yellow and white stones, made by London designer Laurence Graff.
Graff splits his time between homes in Gstaad, London, Cap Ferrat, New York City and his 150-foot Feadship yacht.
In 2008 Graff achieved full vertical integration when he bought a stake in publicly traded diamond miner Gem Diamonds.
Graff clients enjoy a range of perks you won't get at Kay Jewelers.
Specializing in the highest end of jewelry retailing, Graff has 30 stores worldwide.
Prices for top-quality diamonds were up for the year, boosting Graff's net worth.
By the time he was 22 years old Graff had wheeled and dealed his way to a solvent, one-man enterprise.
On a personal note, Graff, 73, has acknowledged that he fathered a baby girl out of wedlock three years ago.
Graff seemed confident it would be accepted, telling the judge he expects an agreement by the next court date, May 28.
Graff rues the lost opportunity, since just weeks later the 603-carat Lesotho Promise was unearthed there, the fifteenth-largest rough ever discovered.
Graff has reportedly hired financial consultant, Rothschild Group, to advise him on the IPO, which is expected sometime next year.
These two factors--bulging inventory and vertical integration--help explain why Tiffany's net profit margin sits at 9.6% while Graff puts his at 12%.
By the 1970s the Middle East was awash in oil, and Graff's Arab clients were jetting to London to spend their cash.
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