Amish Shah: The Pioneer Behind Lab-Grown Diamonds

Amish Shah: The Pioneer Behind Lab-Grown Diamonds
A diamond earring featuring lab-grown diamonds from ALTR. Courtesy of Amish Shah
Andrew Thomas
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NEW YORK–Diamonds are a luxurious commodity, and the business is competitive. One man grew up in a family that ran a traditional diamond business. Now, he’s taken his passion for technology and computer science to produce some of the first ever lab-grown diamonds.

Amish Shah is 44 and grew up in Mumbai, India in a family that ran a large scale wholesale and retail diamond business. His family would polish rough diamonds and handcraft fine diamond and gem stone jewelry. From a very early age, he was exposed to the intricacies of the industry.