Vartkess Knadjian

Vartkess Knadjian (born 12 January 1955) is an English Armenian entrepreneur and businessman, and the current CEO of the oldest diamond company in the world, Backes and Strauss. [1]

Career

The son of a watchmaker, Knadjian joined Backes & Strauss in 1976, and was appointed CEO in 2001. He says, “I joined Backes & Strauss, London, as a trainee and was sent to Belgium to learn the trade – to polish, sort, value and price diamonds. That took me all of five years to learn. I went on to stay in Belgium for 30 years – and I am still learning! Within six years, I was running the Antwerp office, taking the company from a small buying office to a major international diamond company. I became the Managing Director in 2001.” [2]

Personal life

Knadjian was educated at Kingswood School, in Bath, and studied International Relations at the LSE. He is married with two children.

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References
  1. https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43457708&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Vsmz&locale=en_US&srchid=3588584741419910270421&srchindex=1&srchtotal=2&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A3588584741419910270421%2CVSRPtargetId%3A43457708%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary
  2. http://www.backesandstrauss.com/assets/files/876/page.pdf
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