Billionaire Jeweler to Oprah Winfrey ‘Severely’ Hit by Pandemic

Laurence Graff had a big 2019. His jewelry company put one of the world’s largest precious stones up for sale, bought the premises of its flagship store in New York and opened another in Paris.This year couldn’t have started any more differently for the jeweler, who counts Oprah Winfrey and the Sultan of Brunei among his clients. With a net worth of $5 billion, he’s one of the richest U.K. citizens, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.