One of the most notable jewelers in history, Charles Lewis Tiffany became an 

entrepreneur in 1837 when he opened a small stationary and fine goods store in New York City. It would be nearly 40 years until Tiffany staked his claim as a merchant of the world’s finest diamonds and diamond jewelry. 

In 1878, Tiffany’s acquired a bewildering 287.42ct rough Fancy yellow diamond from the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa. Once polished into a 128.54ct gemstone, it was named the Tiffany Diamond and later worn by Audrey Hepburn in the publicity photographs for Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961.

But Charles Tiffany did not stop there. While he truly earned his nickname, “The King of Diamonds,” Tiffany also introduced colored gemstones to the world. Tiffany and his team unearthed Tiffany unveiled the purplish-pink kunzite and the pink-beryl morganite in the early 1900s and tanzanite and tsavorite in the mid 1900s. Today, Tiffany gemologists still travel the world in search of the most precious gemstones. Beauty, timelessness, and luxury will forever be the reputation of Tiffany & Co.