Whether or not these stones will be used straight away or stored in the vaults until matched with the perfect design is yet to be decided. Slow and steady is no hardship for a business that has been growing for over a century. The Mouawad story began in , when Daoud Mouawad, having spent a decade in the U. His son, Fayez Mouawad, took over in the s and expanded the business into Saudi Arabia. He was very hands-on; he was passionate about watches.
When he took over it was still a two-store operation, but under his guidance the business expanded to Europe, Asia and further throughout the Middle East, selecting Geneva as its new base. His impact on the industry was cemented when in the Gemological Institute of America GIA named its new facility the Robert Mouawad Campus following a donation by the family.
It is no surprise then that Fred, 50, and Pascal, 47, grew up surrounded by diamonds. They then pursued their graduate degrees— both are Harvard Business School alumni—before joining the family business.
As independent, ambitious and entrepreneurial future leaders, after a while, they decided that they needed to branch out on their own to grow. Both stayed for an initial period of three years before exploring their own ventures. In , Fred—the oldest of the three—founded Synergia One, his diversified group of companies. He spent the next 15 years building businesses, from IT to food service, food production and publishing.
His latest venture is Taskworld, which is a collaboration platform that is scaling globally. He never truly left gemstones though. Pascal left the family homestead in to set up a business selling Mouawad jewelry wholesale in New York, where he began to build celebrity connections.
Establishing a fashion jewelry house, the Glamhouse Group, over the next seven years he worked with household names, including Kim Kardashian and Nicole Ritchie, to create and sell their own collections using the Glamhouse infrastructure. In , the brothers were in Cannes for the film festival. They decided to host a glamorous party on the family yacht. International Business Times. Trade Arabia. November 3, Retrieved 12 May Arab News.
Haute Living. People magazine. September 1, New York Daily News. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Article Discussion. Views Read View source View history. Through his dynamism, strength, and commitment to the jewelry industry, Robert Mouawad led the family business to international acclaim.
Innovation also ran deep in his veins, as he was one of the earliest jewelers to embellish watches with precious stones. This ambition led Fayez almost a thousand miles away to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What he found on arrival was auspicious: he was one of the first jewelers in the Kingdom to bring luxury watch brands to its shores.
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