privately held company industry diamonds founded 1979 ramat gan israel founder leibish polnauer headquarters ramat gan israel number of locations 3 main offices israel hong kong new york area served worldwide key people leibish polnauer yossi polnauer shmulik polnauer itzik polnauer chavi itzhakov yoni polnauer products natural fancy color diamonds diamond jewelry gemstones gemstone jewelry services diamond dealers jewelry production jewelry design diamond appraisal number of employees 40 employees divisions marketing advertising sales design production appraisal website http www.leibish.com leibish & company is a multinational online retailer of fancy color diamonds color diamond jewelry and rare gemstones . the company was founded in 1979 and opened its retail website in 1995 . leibish & co. offers a wide range of natural fancy color diamonds that are found in any one of 12 colors with over 90 secondary hues 9 intensity levels and over 230 color combinations . the company s head office operates out of the israel diamond exchange and they have main offices in new york city and hong kong . the company also has hubs in the uk india australia belgium and most recently shanghai and shenzhen . leibish & co. s business model is divided between the traditional diamond trade and their core business operations through the leibish website . leibish & co. s website appears in both english www.leibish.com and chinese www.leibish.com.cn . through the website users can search through their collection of loose diamonds and ready made jewelry . in addition customers can utilize the design your own tool which enables the client to custom design their own unique jewelry orders . 1 the leibish & co. website also features a comprehensive knowledge center for the fancy color diamond industry including many educational and informative articles as well as investment material and also provides a channel of direct purchasing for global buyers . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 awards and social contributions 4 corporate social responsibilities 5 references history edit the company now known as leibish & co. began in 1979 when leibish polnauer sold his first brown diamonds to garrard the british royal crown jeweler . he spent the next decade growing and establishing his reputation in the diamond industry . in 1990 leibish who specialized from the start of his career in manufacturing fancy shaped goods started a 15 year partnership with joske herskovits . the business they formed focused on fancy colors and fancy shapes with an ecommerce approach . in 1995 when the website was first launched leibish & co. became one of the first diamond companies to launch an online portal . 3 at the time the website was called www.fancydiamonds.net . their goal was to utilize the internet as a marketing customer service and sales tool in order to reach a wider spectrum of international customers . in 2005 leibish split with herskovitz and took the company under his wing together with his children forming the company as it is today . in 2014 leibish & co. rebranded their company and changed the website from www.fancydiamonds.net to www.leibish.com . in that same year the company also launched their asia operations with a website in chinese www.leibish.com.cn . 4 in the last three decades leibish & co. has become one of the leading sources for natural color diamonds and jewelry for both wholesale and retail diamond purchases making fancy color diamonds accessible to clients and trade members who formerly did not have any access to these goods . operations edit leibish & co. offers one of the largest privately owned collections of natural fancy color diamonds online . 5 6 the stones they sell can be found in hues of pink yellow blue orange green champagne red purple violet gray black white and a multitude of combinations of these colors in different sizes and price ranges . the company also manufactures and sells their in house designed color diamond jewelry and gemstone jewelry . leibish & co. diamonds are all sourced from conflict free legitimate sources in compliance with the kpcs resolutions including argyle in australia and vast mines in africa india and russia . loose diamonds and diamond jewelry each account for about half of leibish & co. s yearly sales . in april 2013 leibish & co. partnered with el corte ingl s the biggest department store group in europe and ranked fourth worldwide as their supplier of fancy color diamond jewelry . 7 8 in june 2014 leibish & co. formed a partnership with kela one of the largest diamond retailers in china . 9 leibish & co. is a certified member of the wfdb world federation of diamond bourses 10 ncdia natural color diamond association 11 ide israel diamond exchange 12 idi israel diamond institute rapnet 13 idex 14 and gemit . awards and social contributions edit leibish & co. is a three time finalist in the jna awards for 2012 2013 and 2014 . they won the 2014 jck jewelers choice award for jewelry design in the 10 000 and up category . itzik polnauer jna 2012 nominee young leader of the year 15 leibish & co. jna 2013 nominee e tailer of the year 16 leibish & co. jna 2014 nominee e tailer of the year 17 leibish & co. jck 2014 jewelers choice award for design 10 000 and up category 18 corporate social responsibilities edit leibish & co. is a supporter of many social causes . during the month of october leibish & co. runs a large breast cancer awareness campaign to promote the education and prevention of breast cancer among men and women alike across the world . at the end of the campaign they donate a large percentage of their total sales to a breast cancer awareness organization . in 2014 they donated to rethink breast cancer . 19 throughout the twenty first century civil war in syria leibish & co. has supported the efforts to provide medical care to child refugees from syria . specifically they have funded numerous surgeries for children who were injured in the conflict and would not have otherwise received any treatment . 20 leibish & co. also supports ethnic racial and religious tolerance . after the 2009 terror attacks on a house in mumbai leibish & co. contributed to the building of the mumbai museum of tolerance to promote the message of universal equality and treatment . 21 leibish & co. does not deal in conflict diamonds . they participate in the international cooperation of the kimberley process certification scheme . 22 references edit design your own diamond engagement ring . leibish.com . diamond education center . leibish.com . due to customer demand leibish & co. introduces jewelry insurance . cloud computing magazine . september 27 2011 . leibish & co. partners with ecommerce giant kela in china . rapaport diamonds.net . june 11 2014 . leibish & co. continue to impress at prestigious argyle diamond tender . benzinga . november 14 2011 . color is king in fancy diamonds . israel21c . january 10 2013 . bego a alonso april 10 2013 . eres una joya diamonds by el corte ingl s . elle magazine . el corte ingl s partners with leibish . jna daily news for the asian jewellery business gem trade and watch industry . april 18 2013 . danielle max june 12 2014 . leibish & co. partners with chinese e tailer kela . idex online news . leibish company profile the official israel diamond industry portal anthony demarco . coloured diamond sales strong at all price points . natural color diamond association new york ny ncdia . the beginning a young man and a brown diamond . israel diamond industry . march 26 2012 . rapaport news . profile leibish polnauer . idex online news . idex online supplier details . international diamond exchange . leibish & co. israel s only nominee in jna awards . prweb . july 17 2012 . jeff miller june 21 2013 . jna announces award nominees for 2013 . rapaport diamonds.net . jna awards 2014 honourees revealed . jna daily news for the asian jewellery business gem trade and watch industry . june 19 2014 . 54.8 carat diamond bracelet steals hearts . orange county bride ocbridemag.com . 2014 . rethinking breast cancer . leibish diamond news . september 30 2014 . aid to refugees from syrian civil war . leibish diamond entertainment news . january 1 2014 . museum of tolerance mumbai . leibish diamond entertainment news . january 1 2014 . what are blood diamonds . leibish diamond entertainment news . april 7 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leibish % 26 co. & oldid 742843378 categories 1979 establishments in israeljewellery retailersramat ganretail companies established in 1979 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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