Michael Olorunsogo Oni, founder and CEO of Quila Jewelers has expressed optimism that the jewellery business is back on its feet one year after Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the global economy.

He made the declaration recently during an Instagram live chat where he gave a concise history of how he came to be a gemologist.
“This year 2021 is the fourth year that I founded Quila Jewelers, but before then I had attended Gemologist Institute of America, where I received training that makes me an expert in the science of custom made jewellery.

Thereafter, I worked around a bit until a friend who was an established jewellery trader convinced me to own my business and that led to the birth of Quila Jewelers some four years ago,” he recounted.

Speaking further, Michael Olorunsogo Oni avowed that being a jeweller is not a matter of training alone, but also dependent on passion.

“For instance, I studied Political Science and I am also a certified Project Manager but my interest and passion in precious stones and custom made jewellery surpassed these other qualifications and it led me to acquire a training in that direction,” he explained.

He added: “If I had wanted to live by just my education, I would be elsewhere in pursuit of other mundane interests, but allow my passion to lead me to a career I am enjoying today.”
The Quila Jewelers CEO, born in Lagos, but a native of Erin Oke, Osun State, gave his prognosis of the jewellery business in a post-Covid-19 world.

“As the world begins to recover after almost a year-long Covid-19 lockdown, social life will return to normal and there will be events and ceremonies of all shades and sizes, meaning celebrities and fashion-conscious people will be needing luxury accessories, so the trade will experience a boom,” he forecast.