Lev Leviev Net Worth

However, a diamond king as he has become over the years, Leviev was sued by his former partner Arkady Gaydamak, who filed charges against Leviev that he owed Gaydamak $1 billion in commissions and dividends connected with Angolan diamonds. Luckily, the London court favored Leviev, ordering Gaydamak to pay Leviev’s legal fees. Born Lev Avnerovich Leviev on July 30, 1956 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, he is of Jewish ancestry. Thus, he is president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia and has made major philanthropic donations for Hasidic Jewish causes in Eastern Europe and Israel. Currently based in London England, Lev is married and a father of nine children.