The 2016 edition of the Forbes Billionaires List has names of diamond dealers from Israel. The dealers Beny Steinmetz and Lev Leviev occupy the 1694 position in the list in a tie, as per reports. Steinmetz, with a net worth of US$1 billion had been ranked at 497 in the said list last year. Leviev with a net worth of US$1 billion took the 1,533 spot last year.

There is also Dan Gertler, whose grandfather was the first president of the Israeli Diamond Exchange, appeared at 1476 rank with a net worth of US$1.2 billion.

Other personalities from the diamond industry featuring in the list include Nicky Oppenheimer at 174th position with a net worth of US$6.6 billion, Laurence Graff at 317th rank with a net worth of US$4.6 billion, and Nirav Modi at 1,067th rank with a net worth of $1.7 billion, as per reports.