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Lev Leviev
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W[H]en Lev Leviev’s first son, Shalom, was born in 1978, Leviev decided to circumcise the baby himself. He was only 22 years old. He had never studied the art of circumcision and never performed one. But he had seen it done. His father, Avner, had been an underground mohel in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbek Republic, at a time when performing any Jewish ritual act could get you in trouble with the Soviet authorities. The family had been in Israel for eight years.
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Lev Leviev is a business man who has a large stake in diamonds. He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1956. His family immigrated to Israel in 1971 at the age of fifteen, and he soon became a diamond polisher. After serving some time in the Israel Defense Forces, he established his own polishing plant, where he thrived for many years.
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Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev has a new target in his sights - securing a portion of Botswana’s diamond production. In a recent article in the country’s leading paper, the Daily News, Boometswe Mokgothu, Botswana’s Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs, reported that Leviev has proposed the establishment of a diamond cutting operation in the country to the Botswana government.
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Lev Leviev has investments in the diamond industry, real estate and chemicals. He owns Israel Plus, an Israeli Russian-language TV channel, and is chairman of Africa Israel Investments, an international holding and investment company involved in residential real estate, shopping malls, energy, fashion, telecom, and media. Leviev owns diamond mines in Russia and Africa, and is a major competitor to the De Beers international diamond cartel.
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Lev Leviev is probably Israel’s richest man. Forbes ranks him 210th among the world’s wealthiest people, with an estimated personal net worth of $4.1 billion. (People close to Leviev put that figure closer to $8 billion.) However much Leviev has, he is hungry for more. His business role model is Bill Gates, whom he says he hopes to eventually join in what he calls, in Russian-accented Hebrew, “the world’s starting 10.”
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Leviev, the new high end retail diamond jewelry effort by Lev Leviev, have opened a flagship boutique at 31 Old Bond Street in London. The first two floors of the five-storey listed building have been transformed into an 80 meter boutique. The rest of the building will become the company's UK headquarters.
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