02. ABOUT
WORLD OF REZA
WORLD OF REZA
OUR HISTORY
FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK
REZA'S TRADITION OF GEMSTONE EXPERTISE AND EXCELLENCE TRACES BACK TO THE 18TH CENTURY, WHEN THE FAMILY'S ANCESTORS WERE APPOINTED CUSTODIANS OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE'S ROYAL TREASURY. CENTURIES LATER, THIS RICH HERITAGE SET THE STAGE FOR ALEXANDRE REZA TO ELEVATE THIS PASSION FOR PRECIOUS STONES TO UNPARALLELED HEIGHTS, OPENING HIS EPONYMOUS HOUSE IN PARIS'S LEGENDARY PLACE VENDÔME. ALEXANDRE'S LIFETIME WAS CHARACTERIZED BY HIS UNWAVERING QUEST FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY, CULMINATING IN THE ASSEMBLY OF ARGUABLY THE MOST REMARKABLE GEM COLLECTION OF MODERN TIMES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE REZA FAMILY BUSINESS INTO ONE OF THE MOST ESTEEMED HIGH JEWELRY HOUSES OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
TODAY, OLIVIER REZA PERPETUATES HIS FATHER’S LEGACY WHILE ALSO ADDING HIS OWN DISTINCTIVE TOUCH, ENSURING THAT THE CELEBRATION OF PRECIOUS STONES AND THE PURSUIT OF DESIGN PERFECTION REMAIN AT THE HEART OF EVERY REZA CREATION. WITH A KEEN EYE FOR CURATING JEWELS AND FEARLESSLY INNOVATIVE SPIRIT, OLIVIER BRINGS A FRESH YET SEAMLESS CONTINUITY OF DESIGN TO EACH PIECE, CRAFTING CAPTIVATING TREASURES THAT TRANSCEND ERAS FOR THE MODERN COLLECTOR.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
HIGH JEWELRY EVERY DAY
DEDICATED TO BOTH THE PRESERVATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF HIGH JEWELRY, REZA HONORS ITS RICH LEGACY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND UNPARALLELED STONE EXPERTISE, WHILE BOLDLY EMBRACING INNOVATION. OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR ROOTS, AS WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF DESIGN TO CREATE TREASURES THAT DEFY ERAS FOR THE MODERN COLLECTOR. WE BELIEVE THAT HIGH JEWELRY SHOULD TRANSCEND OCCASIONS AND DESIGN EACH PIECE TO BE ENJOYED AND CELEBRATED IN THE TAPESTRY OF ITS WEARER’S LIFE WITH THE SAME PLEASURE AND PRIDE WITH WHICH IT IS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED.
“I AM INSPIRED BY EVERYTHING AND INFLUENCED BY NOTHING”
OLIVIER REZAOLIVIER REZA
A COLLECTOR FROM A YOUNG AGE, OLIVIER HAS AMASSED AN EXTENSIVE GALLERY OF MODERN, CONTEMPORARY AND PRIMITIVE ART, FROM WHICH HE DERIVES MUCH OF HIS DESIGN INSPIRATION. THIS LED HIM, ALONG THE WAY, TO JOIN AN INVESTOR GROUP WITH A LARGE STAKE IN SOTHEBY’S AND SECURE A SEAT ON ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WITH HIS HELP OVER THE SPAN OF FOUR YEARS, THE VENERABLE AUCTION HOUSE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO THE MODERN DIGITAL COMMERCIAL SPACE.
IN 2020, OLIVIER TOOK THE HELM AND CONTROL OF HIS FAMILY’S BUSINESS, NOW RENAMED REZA, AND OFFICIALLY RELOCATED ITS HEADQUARTERS FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK. TODAY, THE LEGACY ESTABLISHED BY HIS FATHER LIVES ON. HIS OWN KEEN EYE FOR CURATING GEMSTONES AND JEWELS AND ABILITY TO FORGE A UNIQUE PARISIAN-NEW YORK AESTHETIC HAS AFFORDED OLIVIER A CLEAR VISION FOR REZA’S FUTURE. RESPECT FOR ITS 90-YEAR HISTORY, ALONG WITH A FRESH, AUDACIOUS NEW OUTLOOK, WILL ENSURE A SEAMLESS CONTINUITY OF DESIGN.