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Today he is one of a privileged group of merchants known as sightholders???or wholesale customers?who buy directly from DeBeers' mines in South Africa. It's a status that gives Graff access to some of the most exceptional stones around, 60% of which he keeps for his company, cutting them in his factories in Johannesburg?where he employs more than 300 craftsmen?and then selling them in a network of 15 Graff stores around the world. As such, he is the foremost producer of polished stones in South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King of Diamonds | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

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