Icon Jewels
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ICON Jewels logo | |
| Private | |
| Founded | 1988, Sao Paulo, Brasil |
| Founder | Aldo Dinelli |
Number of locations | Worldwide |
Key people | Cynthia Pinot, Sr. Vice President |
| Website |
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Icon Jewels is an international jewelry based company in the United States.[1] A vertically integrated company, Icon Jewels operations comprise the design, manufacture and retail distribution of high-end; investment grade diamonds and gems .
Icon has a long standing history of private placement and sales to royalty of Spain, Portugal, Russia, Greece,Belgium, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Monaco, and many Hollywood celebrities.
History
Icon Jewels was founded in Brasil in 1988 by Aldo Dinelli. Cynthia Pinot joined the company in 2010 as Senor Vice President of Icon Jewels.
Founder
Aldo Dinelli was born in Brazil of Venetian - Italian descent, Aldo comes from a long and well respected lineage of artisans and engineers. Raised in Brazil, and after briefly living in Argentina, Aldo attended the prestigious Italian Military Boys School Università Dante Alighieri. Quickly followed by traveling to Texas where he continued his formative years, with a focus in Engineering. Aldo Dinelli has been mentored by some of the most powerful jewelers in this industry, like Louis Glick,[2] Simon Critchell, Arnaud Bamberger,[3] Saul and William Goldberg. Aldo has worked with world-renowned jewelry houses such as Cartier, Graff, and Van Cleef and Arpels. Throughout his career as a jeweler he has courted Presidential Families, Royal Families,[4] Kings, Hollywood Stars, Corporate Executives, and Famous Athletes.[5]
Sourcing
Icon Jewels adheres to the Kimberly process,[6] never knowingly buying or trading rough diamonds from areas where it would encourage conflict or human suffering. The majority of Icon Jewels investment grade diamonds are laser engraved with unique Gemological Institute of America.[7] tracking numbers, which whilst invisible to the naked eye, allow for its origin to be traced.
Notable diamonds and gems
Icon is responsible for placing some of the most important diamonds and gems in the marketplace today.
Stores
Icon has over 3 private offices around the world including Brazil, California. 2016 will see the opening of a new store in New York City. Icon's has corporate offices in Houston, and Beverly Hills.
ICON magazine
Icon Jewels's bi-annual client magazine "ICON' was launched in 2013 and is distributed globally to Icon Jewel's clients in both English and Portuguese .
References
- ↑ "ICON Jewels". ICON Jewels.
- ↑ List of largest rough diamonds
- ↑ "Arnaud Bamberger: Haute horlogerie". The Independent.
- ↑ Brian Warner (19 November 2009). "Sultan of Brunei Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth.
- ↑ "ICON Jewels". ICON Jewels.
- ↑ "The Kimberley Process (KP)". kimberleyprocess.com.
- ↑ "Home - GIA.edu". gia.edu.