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Lee Michael Berg

Founder & Chairman of the Board of Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, a family-owned luxury jewelry retailer with nine locations across the Southern U.S.

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Jul 28, 2026

The Business of Family

The Business of Family

Growing a Business. Growing a Family. Growing a Legacy

Jul 28 · 16m

1:08

What made you decide to start Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry?

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1:12

My grandfather had always owned a business and ended up selling it in the 1960s.

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1:19

Owned 120 stores and sold it out to Zales in the 60s.

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1:24

And I'd always had a passion for owning my own business.

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1:28

And originally was planning on being in the clothing business, but went to work for sales in New York.

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1:34

At that time, they owned a bunch of very fine high in jewelry stores, and I was in charge of merchandising for sales.

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1:40

And then I started talking to my grandfather.

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12:24

So when you look back and having the boys enter the business and then, you know, selling and stepping away, what was the hardest part of that?