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De Beers Diamond Jewellers (DBDJ) was established in 2001 as a 50:50 joint venture between The De Beers Group of Companies and LVMH, the French luxury goods company. [81] The first De Beers boutique opened in 2002 on London's Old Bond Street as the brand's flagship store. Since then, stores have opened in various cities around the world.
The Oppenheimer family is an Anglo–South African family best known for its longtime control of Anglo American and De Beers. [1] Ernest Oppenheimer , a German immigrant to Britain and later to South Africa, founded the Anglo American Corporation in 1917 to mine the Witwatersrand for gold. [ 2 ]
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer KStJ (22 May 1880 – 25 November 1957) was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist, [1] [2] [3] who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.
Chairman of the De Beers Group from 1998 to 2012, he retired when the family stake was sold to Anglo American. [ 7 ] Oppenheimer appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List 2018 as the 23rd richest person in the United Kingdom, with a reported fortune of £5.5 billion. [ 8 ]
While lab-grown diamonds have flourished among Gen Z, De Beers has found success for grown gems elsewhere. ... Anglo-American, a member of the Fortune 500 Europe, owns 85% of De Beers and is on a ...
He resigned as deputy chairman of De Beers in 2002, but continued to be a non-executive director. Ogilvie Thompson was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation . Plaque unveiled by Ogilvie Thompson (De Beers Centenary Art Gallery, University of Fort Hare)
A De Beers jewelry store in Hong Kong, China. (Lam Yik—Bloomberg via Getty Images) Diamond giant De Beers has seen its stockpile reach $2 billion , the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis ...
Oppenheimer is a prominent owner and breeder of racehorses and owns Hascome & Valiant Stud in Newmarket. [5] [6] Famous horses under his ownership include Golden Horn, who won the 2015 Epsom Derby [7] and Cracksman who won the 2017 Champion Stakes.