Marketing Mentor on Instagram: "Jacob Arabo, famously known as “Jacob the Jeweler,” is an influential American jewelry and watch designer who founded Jacob & Co. in 1986. Born Yakov Arabov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1965, he emigrated to New York at age 14, where his early exposure to jewelry repair sparked his passion for design. After dropping out of high school to pursue jewelry-making, he opened his own kiosk in New York’s Diamond District at 17. His innovative, opulent designs quickly earne