"For more than a century, Antwerp has been a crucial hub for a $100 billion global industry-one that virtually defines love and commitment, and one that has fueled vicious wars and terrible exploitation."
"Only about 10 gem-quality diamonds that big have ever been found since humans began digging for them more than 2,000 years ago."
"Instead it's a tiny startup called HB Antwerp, which two Belgian-Israeli founders, Rafael Papismedov and Shai de Toledo, launched just four years ago."
"Papismedov and de Toledo, who met while dropping their kids off at their Belgian school, launched the company with what seemed like a preposterous goal: To upend the 130-year-old business model for diamond trading."
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