Graff holds a 60% stake in the business through Graff Diamonds Corp., a Cayman Islands-based holding company. His son, Francois Xavier Graff is the chief executive of the family business. Together they had three children, two sons and a daughter (François Xavier, Kristelle and Stephane). They later divorced and his ex-wife is now credited as Anne-Marie Graff Ali. In 1962, Graff married Anne-Marie, who is French. This is a substantial upgrade." Further, the "Graff recut retained the original double stellate brilliant facet pattern thus retaining the overall look of the original stone." Personal life Its clarity grade has been likewise elevated from VS2 to Internally Flawless (IF). Wise, "At a cost of only 4.45 carats the recut and renamed Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond has been raised from a GIA grade of Fancy Deep Grayish Blue to a Fancy Deep Blue.
However, according to gemologist Richard W. This action has been compared by critics to making the Mona Lisa prettier. Almost two years later, Graff revealed he had had three diamond cutters repolish the stone to eliminate the chips and improve the clarity, reducing the diamond from 35.52 carats (7.104 g) to 31 carats (6.2 g). In 2008, Graff purchased the Wittelsbach Diamond for £16.4 million, a considerable premium over the £9 million guide price. The Wittelsbach diamond before being recut Īccording to the Sunday Times Rich List 2020, Graff and his son Francois had a combined personal net worth of £3.785 billion. Graff was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the jewellery industry. Graff has expanded his company, with over 35 shops in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US. One day, Prince Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walked into the shop and bought everything including a 14 carat diamond. In particular, he supplied many jewels for Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, who became a lifelong client and friend. By 1974, he had begun specialising in selling to newly rich buyers from the Middle East. The ribbon bracelet created won the competition. In 1966 he commissioned the English jewellery-designer Robert Thomas to design a diamond jewel to enter into the De Beers Diamond International Awards competition. In 1960, he founded the Graff Diamonds company. By 1962, he had two jewellery shops, including his first in Hatton Garden. That shop went out of business and so Graff began selling his jewellery designs independently to jewellers all over England. He soon went into partnership with Schindler, a jeweller, repairing rings and creating small pieces of jewellery in a small shop. Graff left school and became an apprentice when he was 15. Graff was born in Stepney in 1938 into a Jewish family, the son of a Romanian mother, Rebecca Segal, and a Russian father, Harry Graff.
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