Bindra received his gemologist diploma in 2007, he began accompanying his father on buying trips around the world, visiting locations including Mozambique, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.Īnd he attended trade shows with B&B, like the JCK event where he met Susan Jacques, who was president and chief executive of Borsheims Fine Jewelry and Gifts in Omaha at the time, but now is the G.I.A.’s president and chief executive. (He also serves on the boards of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee and American Gem Society Young Titleholders is an adviser to the Black in Jewelry Coalition and is president of the Los Angeles chapter of the G.I.A. Bindra would complete the six-month gemologist program offered by the Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A.), where he is the youngest governor on its board. “My dream was to sell to the Harry Winstons, the Tiffanys, the Cartiers of the world,” Mr. Bindra visited his father at the JCK gem trade show in Las Vegas and, at the Bellagio, they “came up with a game plan” on a bar napkin (which Mr. “I grew up seeing and collecting rocks.”Ībout 16 years ago, Mr.
“My sister and I used to sleep under the showcases when we were kids,” he said. He recalled going to the show with his parents, who had a sales booth. Bindra said its dealings with about 100 major companies around the world puts B&B among the global industry’s top 10 wholesalers, by volume. While the company will not disclose its revenue, Mr. They still own the business, which has six full-time and three part-time employees, including Dave Bindra and his sister, Sabrina, as the manager of operations. The initials stand for his parents, Lavi and Ruben Bindra, who founded the wholesale company in 1984. Bindra, 38, is the vice president and head of acquisitions at B&B Fine Gems, based in downtown Los Angeles. “If you ask me what my favorite colors are, I always say, ‘Favorite colors to look at favorite colors to wear favorite colors to be around.’ Each of those are different,” he said.Ī procurer of rare and precious gemstones and self-described gem curator, Mr. These eye-catching gemstones, cut and polished by artisans around the world, share a single common denominator: Dave Bindra. An angular Mozambican tourmaline has the yellow-orange hue of a sun-ripened peach. The pulsating chartreuse of a chrysoberyl could double as Superman’s glowing kryptonite. A rough piece of kunzite radiates a hot magenta from its natural ridges.
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