LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Lev Leviev
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Lev Leviev was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1956. His parents, Avner and Chana Leviev, were prominent members of the Bukharian Jewish community. In 1971, when he was fifteen, his family immigrated from Uzbekistan to Israel. Shortly afterwards, Leviev began to work as an apprentice in a diamond polishing plant, learning the 11 steps of the diamond cutting process. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he established his own diamond polishing plant.
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Lev Leviev is significant in the diamond world due to his amazing stance against the DeBeers diamond company in Russia. He was able to loosen the grip DeBeers had on the diamond market and due to his diligence, DeBeers can no longer set diamond prices in the market today. By controlling the mining, cutting, and selling of a large amount of his own diamonds, DeBeers no longer controls the vast majority of diamonds in the world. Although they still control many of the world’s diamonds, they no longer control the pricing structure of diamonds in general.
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