Bill Norton

As a young man where he was schooled and developed a love of sports. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he received a degree in hospitality administration. After working in the hospitality industry for a number of years he took a sales and marketing job with Michael Werdiger, Inc a diamond dealer and jewelry manufacturer based in midtown New York. At Michael Werdiger he developed a love of diamonds and after several years took the decision to focus in on a career in diamond buying. Currently, Bill heads up the diamond department at White Pine working on buying, manufacturing and production. in 2011 he was convinced by Ben to focus in on recycled diamonds and joined White Pine where he worked as a diamond buyer, attending the Gemological Institute of America ( GIA ) diamond grading school. All the time he honed his skills in recycled diamonds, diamond grading, diamond valuation and processing.