Supplier Spotlight: Disons Gems Inc.
Disons Gems Inc. began with $27 and a pay phone. 鈥淢y father, Milan Mehta, immigrated to the U.S. from India in 1978 with dreams of being a diamond merchant,鈥 says Jay Mehta, principal of Disons Gems Inc. 鈥淗e began his career in New York City by withdrawing a roll of dimes from a bank every day and standing in a phone booth, cold-calling jewelry companies listed in the yellow pages, asking them if they had any diamond needs. He鈥檇 spend the rest of the day trying to source merchandise for anyone who answered him.鈥 Jay continues, 鈥淗e never said no