Chuck Frey, President of jewelry store retirement and transition sales consulting group Charles Frey & Company, Inc., began his career in the jewelry industry almost 50 years ago as a diamond grader at the GIA Laboratory in New York City. He later became a GIA instructor in diamond grading before moving on to consultation for jewelry store going-out-of-business, moving, consolidation, stock reduction, and retirement sales.

With 14 years of experience as part of the RJO Succession Experience and 30 years with Charles Frey & Co., Chuck is one of the jewelry industry’s leading experts in retirement and transition sales, cash-raising events, and succession planning, and one of the few that combines expertise in event planning, sales, merchandising, and gemology.