Jacob Arabo
- Actor
Jacob Arabo is an award-winning diamond jewelry designer, and founder
of Jacob & Co. When he was 14, he emigrated with his family to the
United States and adopted the American version of his name: Jacob
Arabo. At the age of 16, he transferred from high school and enrolled
in a jewelry design course in New York. Quickly becoming the star pupil
in class, Jacob's design work got noticed by his professors, who
advised him to make this field his career. He left the school after
only 4 months and opened his own small kiosk in the Kaplan Jewelry
Exchange (the heart of New York City's jewelry district). Five years
later in 1986, at the age of 21, he officially started his own company,
called Diamond Quasar, and began designing his own Jacob & Co. branded
jewelry. Jacob Arabo began designing for a number of jewelry labels and
private clients, before becoming popular in the sports and
entertainment world for his designer jewelry. Arabo's design sense
caught the eyes of celebrities, singers, and screen stars. By the early
1990s, his clientèle and business grew, and Arabo became known as
"Jacob the Jeweler". His client list includes Jessica Simpson, Nick
Lachey, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, Christy
Turlington, Beyoncé and David Beckham.