During the years he lived in Japan and the years he worked as a translator for the U.S. military, Paul Williams, President of National Pearl, became fluent in both the Japanese and Mandarin Chinese languages.
Because of his linguistic skills, Paul became the Global Procurement Officer for a large U.S. firm which sent him to Asia several times a year.
During one of his business trips to the orient, Paul bought a strand of pearls for his wife. When he brought it home and had it appraised, he found its value to be ten times what he had paid.
When friends and family heard about his experience, they began asking him to bring pearls back for their wives. Paul quickly realized the potential to purchase high quality pearls and sell them with a profit while still offering prices much lower than traditional jewelry stores.
Paul began selling to local jewelers and soon decided to expand the business to a national level. Forming a group of web and marketing professionals, National Pearl LLC was created and went live in October, 2005.
Since that time, all partners in National Pearl have been trained by the Gemological Institute of America, ensuring their ability to confidently offer only high quality pearl jewelry to its customers.
We have had an excellent response with extremely satisfied customers who take the time to write us and tell us how much they loved the pearls and our service. We are very thankful to God and to our many customers who have made National Pearl a success.