Laurence Graff

[citation needed] Encouraging her son to learn a trade, Graff's mother enrolled him onto a jewellery manufacturing workshop in London,[4] and he left school at 14 to become an apprentice.

That shop went out of business and so Graff began selling his jewellery designs independently to jewellers all over England.

One day, Prince Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walked into the shop and bought everything including a 14 carat diamond.

[6] Graff has expanded his company, with over 35 shops in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Graff was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the jewellery industry.

[7] According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2020, Graff and his son Francois had a combined personal net worth of £3.785 billion.

[13] British newspapers reported that Graff had been having an affair with 37-year-old jeweller Josephine Daniel, who gave birth to his daughter in July 2009,[13] and later to a second child.