Part of the email sent to Santiago Canyon College Alumni Association Members as well as to their college professors:
"Our next meeting is, Friday, January 24th at 7pm in our classroom U103. Once again we have a very promising speaker, Jack Ghazalian. He spent a lifetime in the jewelry industry, starting as a diamond setter, graduating from GIA and ultimately working with the Saudi Royal family as well as the Sultan of Brunei. It sounds like a ‘do not miss night’"
2. THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENCE HERE TODAY IS TO INSPIRE YOU!
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ONCE YOU CONTEMPLATE.
PRINCIPLE IS THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSITY DEGREE AND
THERE IS NO DIPLOMA TO THAT IN EXISTENCE BECAUSE
PRINCIPLE CANNOT BE DECLARED AND BE RECOGNIZED
ON PAPER, IT IS WELL BEYOND THAT VALUE.
"INTELLECTUAL GROWTH SHOULD COMMENCE AT BIRTH AND CEASE ONLY AT DEATH"
"I HAVE NO SPECIAL TALENT. I AM ONLY PASSIONATELY CURIOUS.........“
-ALBERT EINSTEIN-
3. BRIEF HISTORY OF MY LIFE
• I speak Five Languages
• 23 Industry Diplomas and Certificates (18 from GIA and 5 from ISG)
• Lifetime Achievements: Twenty Eight (28) Diplomas and
Certificates
• Former Instructor at GIA
• Diploma Member of the Gemological Institute of America Alumni
Association (GIA)
• Diplomate by the International School of Gemology as a
Registered Gemologist Appraiser
4. TRAVEL HISTORY:
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TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF AMAZING AND RARE GEMS,
AND AS A CONSULTANT AND GEMOLOGICAL TRAINER TO MANY LARGE AND
REPUTABLE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
Paris, France
Switzerland: Geneva, Lausanne
Monaco, Monte Carlo
Italy: Venice, Vicenza, Florence, Milan and Rome
Greece: Athens
UAE: Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Riyadh
Muscat Oman
Qatar: Doha
Japan: Tokyo
Traveled and created businesses almost in every state in the USA.
5. MY CAREER IN GENERAL
• Started as a Jewelry Manufacturer (Machine Made)
• Goldsmith (About a year)
• Diamond Setter (5 years)
• Gemology Degrees
• Retail Experience
• World Traveler
• Trainer
• Wholesaler (Branding & marketing strategist)
• Jeweler to celebrities
12. B V L G A R I
• Brand Ambassador
• Trainer (How to deal with Royal Families) The way to talk, the
tone of the voice, how to properly greet, walk with the client at
the same pace in the showroom.
• PR
• The importance of how to impress and to make the biggest deals
possible… ADNOC meeting, and the orders made which was
beyond the capacity of Bvlgari Rome
24. AHMADABAD
WITH SULTAN OF BRUNEI
The Ahmedabad diamond gets it's
name from the city of Ahmedabad the
capital of Gujarat State in central-
western India, where the diamond
was reported to have been purchased
by Jean Baptiste Tavernier in the 17th
century A.D.
31. THE MOUAWAD 1001 NIGHTS DIAMOND PURSE—
THE MOST VALUABLE HANDBAG IN THE WORLD
($3.8 MILLION), GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, 2010
32.
33. THE MOUAWAD
1001 NIGHTS
DIAMOND PURSE
The heart-shaped purse,
handcrafted in 18kt gold.
4,517 diamonds (105
yellow, 56 pink and 4,356
colorless) with a total
weight of 381.92 carats.
34. MOUAWAD
HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE
VAST DIAMOND
COLLECTION
OF MOUAWAD
Jubilée
Weight: 245.35
carats
Shape: Cushion
Antique
Grade: E-VVS2
Premier Rose
Weight:
137.02 carats
Shape: Pear
Grade: D-FL
Excelsior
Weight: 69.68
carats
Shape: Pear
Grade: G-VS2
This Diamond
Went into The
Fantasy Bra
Taylor Burton
Weight: 69.42
carats
Shape: Pear
Grade: D-FL
Mouawad Blue
Weight: 42.92
carats
Shape: Pear
Grade: Fancy Blue
Mouawad Lilac
Weight: 24.44 carats
Shape: Emerald Cut
Grade: Fancy Pink