Yossi Dina (Hebrew: ???? ????) is an Israeli businessman, entrepreneur, and reality television personality who lives in Hollywood.
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Biography
Yossi Dina, the outspoken and ingenuous businessman, entrepreneur and tv personality, was born in Israel on August 21, 1954. He spent time on a kibbutz, a communal settlement, and then served in the Israeli Army. He traveled the world and notes his time spent in Paris as an influential period of his life, being exposed to the arts and developing a taste for the finer things in life.
At the age of 27, in 1981, Dina arrived in the United States. After a brief stint in New York, he hitched a ride to Los Angeles and found his niche in the jewelry business selling diamonds door-to-door. Soon he began to extend loans to people who needed money but were reluctant to sell off their beloved items. "I thought it would be a small thing," Dina says. "But then it became like a monster." Eventually Dina saved enough money to open his own shop and went into business as South Beverly Wilshire Jewelry and Loan.
He became known as the "jeweler and pawnbroker to the rich and famous" and transitioned from his small store into a large gallery-style boutique called The Dina Collection in Beverly Hills. Dina has done business with many celebrities, including Lenny Dykstra, Larry King and many others.
Dina's shop, the subject of the reality series Beverly Hills Pawn on the Reelz Channel, sells millions of dollars worth of paintings, sculptures, jewelry, watches, first editions, cars and memorabilia.
Dina resides full-time in Beverly Hills near his Beverly Drive shop, in addition to owning a multimillion-dollar beach home in Malibu, which once belonged to singer and comedian Al Jolson.
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External links
- Yossi Dina on IMDb
- thedinacollection - official website
- An interview with him (Hebrew)
Source of article : Wikipedia
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