Mukesh Patel

Maintaining a family business is a true team effort that develops a game plan and executes it over time. In doing so, both generations of owners and business leaders work together to maintain business momentum and continue to adjust succession planning as needed. In such a scenario, Mukesh Patel is the second generation of diamantaire entrepreneurs. He is the chairman of Greenlab Diamonds, the world's leading cultivator of lab-grown diamonds. In a family-owned industry where your name is your calling card, Mr. Patel treats every diamond with confidence, beauty, and knowledge, and his success story extends from Surat, the diamond capital of the world, to the broader world. Mr. Mukesh Patel took over his father Manji Patel’s business of diamond cutting, polishing, and trading and diversified it into many other businesses. So he set about searching the world for the finest and most innovative methods for producing lab-grown diamonds. Under his entrepreneurial spirit, Greenlab has a presence in Europe, the United Arab Emirates, Asia, and Africa, with multiple points of sale across several retail formats. He promotes responsible, ethical, social, and environmental practices across our industry. Committed to this goal, the company's growing facility is harnessed by a 25MW solar power plant spread across 90 hectares of land, sustainably reducing costs to nature and reducing CO2 emissions. Amazingly, these diamonds are crafted with the desire to benefit both people and the planet without compromising quality and making the production units truly green and sustainable. Due to his curiosity and willingness to learn more from an early age, he is constantly working with important people for the well-being of the people of India, Gujarat, and Surat city. He is also involved in philanthropic activities such as creating employment opportunities, providing health care, and promoting rural education and development, including donations to public institutions and the welfare of the people. His method of acquiring and implementing knowledge is the greatest inspiration and lesson passed down from generation to generation.