Shimon Farkas
Chief Operating Officer
Shimon Farkas is a Houston jeweler with over 40 years experience in the industry. He is well-versed from diamond mining to the wholesale business.
Started his business in 1976 in silver jewelry, his family used to be in the diamond cutting business in Israel. He later joined forces with another factory in Santo Domingo as 50% owner with over 400 employees where they manufactured gold rope chains. After 4 years of manufacturing, he opened a chain manufacturing facility in Rezzo, Italy and later sold it direct to distributors. During that time had the store at 6222 Richmond Avenue in Houston, TX and a few years ago decided to concentrate on jewelry manufacturing and diamonds, successfully.
He also had ownership in gold mining, learned how to bring it to the public and also worked in refining gold.
Mr. Farkas continues to provide quality diamond and gold jewelry to the public at wholesale pricing which is normally 50-70% below retail pricing.