Rex Ekaireb started his career as a chartered accountant in the 1970s after qualifying in London. Gaining his qualification and some initial experience in London ley Rex to ply his trade for a number of years. By 1982, he made the move into the diamond district of London, Hatton Garden. It was there that Ekaireb, with his brothers in law set up a jewellery business which after just a few years and by 1986, was sold to a large public company.
The larger company kept Rex on their board, such was his experience and knowledge in the area as well as the value he could bring to the company. As part of the larger company, Rex became one of the go to retail jewellers in the area, no small feat. Rex wisely advised large company to purchase other jewellers in the area who would form an otherwise very captive audience for the company.
Rex Ekaireb learned all of the initial governance he needed in the industry and left the public company to go into manufacturing of jewellery and by 1989 he had become one of the largest suppliers of wedding rings to the UK retail giant, Argos. Around 1992, Rex left the company and helped his own family build up their business, whose profits were then invested in London’s then fledgling buy to let market. They purchased properties throughout the Capital including in Hatton Garden, Knightsbridge and other sought after locations.
By 2006, Rex Ekaireb had fully left the jewellery industry and was wholly focused on the family property business which he worked tirelessly to strengthen and build up further.
Rex Ekaireb – Business to Charity
Having seen good success in jewellery and the property market, Ekaireb left business in the 2000s and then switched focuses to one of his passions in life; charity and helping those most in need.
He has spent many years and countless hours working with children and those most vulnerable throughout the UK, Europe and the world. He has worked with the likes of the British Red Cross and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, for whom he donated hundreds of soft toys at a time of crisis for the hospital. Rex Ekaireb has also worked with the United Nations (UN), specifically helping political prisoners throughout Eastern Europe.
Rex’s strong view is that children with one or both parents missing from their lives, do not have the same opportunities in life as those that do. Therefore, by working to help secure the release of the parents, it is the children that will thrive and continue to succeed throughout their lives.
Rex Ekaireb is particularly proud of having not just having set up and then nurtured a very successful business and property portfolio, but having also been able to use his wealth and success over the years to help those less fortunate. Charity is something particularly close to Ekaireb’s heart and something that to this day, he continues to devote huge amounts of time and effort into.